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Stress and the Immune System
- Negative moods decrease S-IgA levels and make people more susceptible to disease - Positive moods increase S-IgA levels and enhance immunosuppressive effects
Stress and the Immune System
- Stress decreases the white blood cell count and makes a person prone to disease - Experts suggest that no illness is completely free from the influence of stress
Sports Injuries Include
- Stress-injury model - Caused by negative life events and absence of social support
Types of Psychosomatic Disease
- Psychogenic - Somatogenic
Cholesterol
- Accumulates on the walls of the blood vessels - Blocks the flow of blood to various parts of the body
Psychosomatic Disease
- Condition that has both mind and body components - Can be diagnosed - Manifested physically
Types of Personalty Types related to stress
- Disease-prone personality - Cancer-prone personality - Coronary heart disease-prone personality
Disease-prone personality
Depressed, angry/hostile, and anxious personailty
Arousal
Difficulty concentrating, startling easily, hypervigilance, feeling irritable, and having trouble sleeping
Cancer-prone personality
Unassertive, over patient, and avoiding conflicts personality
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
What does PTSD stand for?
Talk therapy
Aimed for a patient to perceive the fear more realistically and as less of a threat
Coronary heart disease-prone personality
Angry, hostile, and aggressive personaility
Medication
Antidepressants, anti-anxiety medications, and sleep medicines
Obesity
Body mass index of 30 or higher
Stressful events
Can increase serum cholesterol levels
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Condition that develops in people who have experienced or witnessed an extreme psychological or physical event that is interpreted as distressing
Stress-injury model
During sports events that are inherently stressful, the athlete's: History of stressors, personality characteristics, and coping resources contribute interactively to the stress response
Avoidance
Emotional numbing, detachment, lack of interest, and avoiding people or places
Exposure therapy
Exposes the patient to the event that precipitated PTSD -Virtual reality exposure therapy
Reliving the event
Flashback episodes, where the event happens again and again
Stress management
Helps increase good cholesterol and decrease bad cholesterol
Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
May include flashbacks, nightmares, severe anxiety, and uncontrollable thoughts about the event
Obesity
Neuropeptide Y and its receptors play a role in the growth of human fat cells - Released from certain nerve cells during stress
Psychogenic
Physical disease caused by emotional stress without a microorganism involved
Psychophysiological
Psychosomatic Disease is also referred to as?
Categories of Symptoms of PTSD
Reliving the event, Avoidance, and Arousal
Somatogenic
Results from the mind increasing the body's susceptibility to disease-causing microbes or natural degenerative processes
Obesity
Stress and high-fat and sugar diet lead to a metabolic syndrome that is linked to abdominal obesity and diabetes
Treatment of PTSD
Talk therapy, Medication, and Exposure therapy
