NRS 214 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Acute Stress Reaction, Gamblers Anonymous, Hans Selye
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Reading 1: chapter 12 understanding responses to stress. Stressors: are psychological or physical stimuli that are incompatible with current function and require adaption. Sympathetic nervous system is known to respond to stress with fight or flight. General adaptation syndrome (gas) by hans selye salivary cortisol: 3 stages, the alarm stage (acute stress) initial brief adaptive response (fight or flight) to the stressor. The body cannot differentiate between positive and negative stimuli: lazarus and folkman suggest that: Distress: stress caused by negative factors which result in anxiety, depression, confusion, helplessness, hopelessness, and fatigue (i. e. , death in the family, financial overload, school/work demands) Eustress: stress caused by positive factors that result in happiness, hopefulness, and purposeful movement (i. e. , vacations, birth of a baby, buying a new car) Serotonin is a brain catecholamine hat plays an important role in mood, sleep, sexuality, appetite, and metabolism. Main neurotransmitter in depression: medications used to treat depression increase serotonin levels.
