PSYC 198 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sertraline, Medical Model, Venlafaxine
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Direct and indirect effects of stress on health. The big 5, predictors, predictions, change over time, criticisms. Disorders: symptoms, causes, treatment anxiety, panic, phobias, ocd, substance, depression, sad, bipolar, schizophrenia, autism. Therapies: humanistic, family systems, group, self-help, cbt, psychotherapy. Health ps(cid:455)(cid:272)holog(cid:455): e(cid:454)a(cid:373)i(cid:374)es ho(cid:449) people"s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior/feeli(cid:374)gs (cid:272)a(cid:374) i(cid:373)pro(cid:448)e (cid:449)ell-being, prevent illness, and help us understand how human behavior influences healing/recovery. Health: old belief that type a personality lead to heart disease, but can also be due to genetics, diet, exercise, and other factors. Indirect effects: behavioral changes that have long-term effects on health lose sleep, drink and do drugs: direct effects: increase in cortisol levels, prolonged sns activation. How to deal with emotions and stressors to optimize health: mindfulness decreases salivary cortisol, mi(cid:374)dful(cid:374)ess: (cid:271)e a(cid:449)are of (cid:455)our e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)s, (cid:271)ut do(cid:374)"t dwell and suffer from them. Personality: stale, consistent individual differences in behavior: 3 theories of personality: psychodynamic, learning, and humanistic.
