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Chapter 9Chapter 9

Stress and Physical DisordersStress and Physical Disorders

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Chapter Main PointsChapter Main Points

Mind and Body Stress How Stress Influences Illness Psychological Factors and Physical

Disorders Groups at Risk Stress and Illness: Theory and Therapy

Mind and Body Stress How Stress Influences Illness Psychological Factors and Physical

Disorders Groups at Risk Stress and Illness: Theory and Therapy

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Psychological Stress and Physical Disorders

Psychological Stress and Physical Disorders

Psychophysiological Disorders: (psychosomatic disorders) Illnesses influenced by emotional factors

Health psychology (behavioral medicine): Holistic thinking: our way of living and state of

mind affect our physical well-being

Psychophysiological Disorders: (psychosomatic disorders) Illnesses influenced by emotional factors

Health psychology (behavioral medicine): Holistic thinking: our way of living and state of

mind affect our physical well-being

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Mind and BodyMind and Body

Mind-body Problem: What is the relationship between the mind

and the body?

Mind-body Problem: What is the relationship between the mind

and the body?

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Psychological StressPsychological Stress

Defining Stress: Stress as a stimulus:

Consists of environmental demands that lead to physical responses

Stress as a response: Dr. Hans Selye’s “General Adaptation Syndrome”

Stress as the interaction between the stimulus and the person’s appraisal of it

Defining Stress: Stress as a stimulus:

Consists of environmental demands that lead to physical responses

Stress as a response: Dr. Hans Selye’s “General Adaptation Syndrome”

Stress as the interaction between the stimulus and the person’s appraisal of it

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Psychological StressPsychological Stress

Stimulus Specificity: Different kinds of stress produce different

kinds of physiological response Individual Response Specificity:

Characteristic patterns of physiological response which carry over from one type of stress to another

Stimulus Specificity: Different kinds of stress produce different

kinds of physiological response Individual Response Specificity:

Characteristic patterns of physiological response which carry over from one type of stress to another

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How Stress Influences IllnessHow Stress Influences Illness

Changes in Physiological Functioning: The autonomic nervous system (ANS) Changes in the immune system

naturalistic major events naturalistic minor events laboratory stressors

Changes in Physiological Functioning: The autonomic nervous system (ANS) Changes in the immune system

naturalistic major events naturalistic minor events laboratory stressors

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How Stress Influences IllnessHow Stress Influences Illness

Changes in Physiological Functioning: Feedback Loops:

negative feedback - the turning on of one component in a system leads to the turning off of another component

oscillations - rhythmic back-and-forth cycles of the various systems in the body

Changes in Physiological Functioning: Feedback Loops:

negative feedback - the turning on of one component in a system leads to the turning off of another component

oscillations - rhythmic back-and-forth cycles of the various systems in the body

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Psychological Factors and Physical Disorders

Psychological Factors and Physical Disorders

Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) Hypertension Cancer Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

(AIDS) Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) Hypertension Cancer Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

(AIDS) Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

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Psychological Factors and Physical Disorders

Psychological Factors and Physical Disorders

Headache Migraine headache Muscle-contracted headache

Obesity

Headache Migraine headache Muscle-contracted headache

Obesity

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Psychological Factors and Physical Disorders

Psychological Factors and Physical Disorders

Sleep Disorders: Insomnia:

the chronic inability to sleep Circadian Rhythm Disorders:

occur when people try to sleep at times that are inconsistent with circadian rhythms; the cycles dictated by their “biological clocks”

Sleep Disorders: Insomnia:

the chronic inability to sleep Circadian Rhythm Disorders:

occur when people try to sleep at times that are inconsistent with circadian rhythms; the cycles dictated by their “biological clocks”

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Psychological Factors and Physical Disorders

Psychological Factors and Physical Disorders

Groups at Risk: Gender Race Socioeconomic status

Groups at Risk: Gender Race Socioeconomic status

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Stress and Illness: Theory and TherapyStress and Illness:

Theory and Therapy

The Behavioral Perspective: Respondent versus operant Biofeedback training Relaxation training Exercise

The Behavioral Perspective: Respondent versus operant Biofeedback training Relaxation training Exercise

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Stress and Illness: Theory and TherapyStress and Illness:

Theory and Therapy

The Cognitive Perspective: Predictability and control Stress management intervention

The Psychodynamic Perspective: Psychological inhibition The value of catharsis

The Cognitive Perspective: Predictability and control Stress management intervention

The Psychodynamic Perspective: Psychological inhibition The value of catharsis

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Stress and Illness: Theory and TherapyStress and Illness:

Theory and Therapy

The Family Systems Perspective The Sociocultural Perspective The Biological Perspective

Genetic predisposition Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) and other

Interactive Theories

The Family Systems Perspective The Sociocultural Perspective The Biological Perspective

Genetic predisposition Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) and other

Interactive Theories

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Stress and Illness: Theory and TherapyStress and Illness:

Theory and Therapy

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Stress and Illness: Theory and TherapyStress and Illness:

Theory and Therapy

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Recapping the Main PointsRecapping the Main Points

Mind and Body Stress How Stress Influences Illness Psychological Factors and Physical

Disorders Groups at Risk Stress and Illness: Theory and Therapy

Mind and Body Stress How Stress Influences Illness Psychological Factors and Physical

Disorders Groups at Risk Stress and Illness: Theory and Therapy

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