PSYCH 2367.02 Study Guide - Final Guide: Debriefing, Acute Stress Reaction, Dysthymia

• School: Ohio State University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 2367.02
• Professor: Fountain-Zaragoza

Document Summary

Benefits and downfalls of community mental health act of 1963: many people moved out of asylums and back into the communities humanized people with mental illnesses. The roles of the autonomic nervous system and its parts (sympathetic vs. parasympathetic) in the stress response. Ans: it"s the (cid:374)et(cid:449)ork that (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:272)ts the cn to all the other orga(cid:374)s regulates heartbeats, blood pressure, perspiration, etc. Parasympathetic - helps return heartbeat and other processes back to normal, helps control arousal and fear reactions. Hpa one route by which the brain and body produce arousal and fear. Acute stress disorder symptoms begin within 4 weeks of the traumatic event and last for less than a month. If s(cid:455)(cid:373)pto(cid:373)s last lo(cid:374)ger tha(cid:374) a (cid:373)o(cid:374)th the(cid:374) it is pt d pt d (cid:272)a(cid:374) also (cid:271)egi(cid:374) shortl(cid:455) after the e(cid:448)e(cid:374)t or months/years after the event. 80% of cases of acute stress disorder actually develop into ptsd.