PSYC 328 Lecture 17: 17 PSYC 328 Nov 10th 2016

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2) reduce sympathetic activity i. e. cardiac output. Difficult to get people to do long term treatment. Also no symptoms means not feeling like treatment adherence is important. 2) nun study (1988): observational study comparing nuns living in secluded order with matched women living around convent but in real world. Focused on stress: controlled for other covariates (smoking diet etc. ) Found: nuns had stable, good bp while controls had rising poor bp. 1) blood flow to localized area of brain=interrupted. Text: increase in stroke over time estimated. Anxiety over exercise after stroke or heart attack. Exercise: 50% drop out rate within first 6 months have to look at factors that might affect this (body weight, smoking, anxiety and depression) Anxiety and fear of future attacks leads to cardiac invalidism. Over-limiting of activity which has negative effect on qol and health. Depression: physical effects mean risk for future cardiac problems. Type i body doesn"t make insulin at all b/c of autoimmune response.

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