PSYC 4270 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Beck Depression Inventory, Dental Surgery, Autonomic Nervous System
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Type a personality (anger) associated with heart disease historically. Psychoneuroimmunology nds that stress creates changes in your bodily constitution, including immune system and in ammatory responses. They"re the mediators of physical issue and the resulting depression from the illness. It"s like too much swelling (throughout your entire body) Optimal levels are needed for physical and psychological adaptation. Biology is necessary to understand certain elements of rehabilitation psychology. Genes associated with ptsd are related to the in ammatory system. No one to one of stress and response. Body can exaggerate or minimize it based on our reactions. Stress, sleep, physical activity (stretching), eating appropriately/healthily - sleep is #1. Telling the right story (how do you get through it?) Handout on central nervous system - cns, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis - hpa axis, the autonomic nervous system - ans, and immune system. Depression is 3x more common in chd patients. All systems interact (cns, hpa-axis, ans, immune system, psychology)