PSY 240 Study Guide - Hans Selye, Cervical Cancer, Behavioral Medicine
Document Summary
Physical disorders and health psychology: psychological approaches, behavioral medicine: Knowledge derived from behavioral science is applied to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of medical problems. Interdisciplinary (psychologists, physicians, health professionals: health psychology. Things that cause changes in psychology and physical disorders: stress: Nature of stress: stress: physiological response of an individual, stressor: event that evokes the stress response, variability: stress responses vary from person to person. Hans selye stress response & the general adaptation syndrome: phase 1 alarm response sympathetic arousal, phase 2 resistance mobilized coping and action, phase 3 exhaustion. Neuromodulators and neuropeptides: crf (corticotrophin releasing factor) Hpa axis activation (recall from mood disorders: limbic system activation. Chronic stress may damage cells in the hippocampus, thus maintaining the hpa loop: ptsd, dementia. Psychosocial vulnerabilities: nature of stressors, perceived uncontrollability, low social support, negative affect. Self-efficacy: one"s perceptions of this are critical in determining response and effects of situations: immune system. Immune system identifies and eliminates: antigens, damaged/aberrant body cells.
