PSY 322 Study Guide - Final Guide: Seasonal Affective Disorder, Postpartum Depression, Pressure Of Speech
25 Apr 2014
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Why is it important to care about physical health: the mind and the body have a connection in the following ways. Some psychological processes can produce physical conditions, illnesses. Some physical conditions have no biological basis. Some psychological processes reduce immune functioning and contribute to illness: a lot of cortisol is bad for immune function. Some behaviors can maintain or spread illnesses. Influence of stress: historically, most cases of illness and death were related to injury or infection, today, most cases are related to chronic health problems. Many of these conditions are influenced by stressful lifestyles: 1900s- infectious diseases like the following took up a large percentage of us deaths. Diarrhea/enteritis: 2000- heart disease, cancer, strokes, and chronic lung disease take up the majority of us deaths. Factors predisposing a person to stress: risk factors. Increases risk of stress, depression, anxiety: seratonin transporter disease. Increase likelihood for stress later on in life: protective factors.
