Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 42: Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Panic Disorder, Phobia

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Anything that gets in your way, real or imagined, and has a pattern of responses. Stressors: catastrophes, life changes, hassles (they are cumulative) Intervening factors: appraisal, perceived control, personality, social supporting, coping. Sympathetic nervous system activates which kicks in the adrenal medulla and dump epinephrine into my system. In states of prolonged stress you lose your appetite. Immune system: stress can suppress the immune system, making the person more vulnerable, stress results in the release of glucocorticoids which directly suppresses the action of white blood cells, support: Rats faced with inescapable shock showed decrease production in lymphocyte production (white blood cell count goes down) Husbands show deceased immune response after wife"s death and vice versa. People are more likely to get sick a few days after exposure to stressful event. Psychosomatic disorder: disorders with primarily physical symptoms, but caused" or maintained by psychological factors (ex.