PSY240H5 Lecture 9: Lecture 9 For those of you who missed class, these notes have all the lecture slides and my own notes taken integrated together in one neat word document. Great for last minute studying!
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Formerly referred to as psychosomatic disorders: psychosomatic: your psychology is affecting your body. Disorders in which psychological factors are thought to play a role. Social stressors can lead to cardiovascular disease (edipose deposit: gastric ulcers. 1 in 5 people who have the bacteria develop ulcers. Combination of both physiology (bacteria) and psychology (stressors) both affect each other. Dsm-iv-tr: mental disorders due to a general medical condition. Axis i (maladaptive behaviour the individual participates in: psychological factors affecting a general medical condition. Stress may negatively affect allergies, disease, and long-term health. Health and disease is connnected to psychological factors. Stress = increased production of cortisol: high levels of cortisol. Help the body sustain prolonged activity/mobilizes you! Higher in the morning, then decrease throughout the day, low at night. (circadian rhythm) In depressed people, cortisol functioning is not normal. Produces crh pituitary acth adrenal. If cortisol is disrupted (not normal pattern), then there is dysfunction in hpa axis. cortex (outer area) cortisol.