PSY340H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Amygdala, Impaired Glucose Tolerance, Autoimmune Disease
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What is the mechanism by which stress impacts health immune, cardiovascular , metabolic sys- . Traumatic event, but also a chronic stressor like being harassed. Chronic stress builds up over time, acute stress varies. Iraq and afghanistan veterans with ptsd (n=4416) avg age 29 of chronic disease. Representative of age, race, gender, income for the survey of the 9/11 attacks. Does having an acute stress reaction have a relation to health outcomes over time. Acute stress reactions to 9/11 predicted: a 53% increase in new cases of cardiovascular ailments at 2 and 3 yrs post attack. For the ppl that continued to worry about more attacks, they had over 4 times chances of having heart problems our thoughts are impacting cardiovascular system. How does stress get under our skin. Harm right now any harm?--> ex a bear is attacking my arm right now. Threat immanent danger ex a bear is running at me.
