PSY100H1 Chapter Notes -Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Night Terror, Acute Stress Reaction
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Chapter six: how stress affects us psychologically and physiologically, psychological and social factors that change how we come with stress. Interventions to help people who have been exposed to considerable stress: two diagnosable disorders: acute stress disorder and post-traumatic stress. 22% of canadians have this; more chronically stressful circumstances increase chances of getting hypertension; ethnic differences (more. African-americans in us); genetics plays some role in predisposition (10% of all cases) T-cells: lymphocytes that secrete chemicals that kill harmful cells; multiply more strongly when shock can be controlled. Sleep and health: current sleep statistics: 20% of canadian population suffers from common insomnia; average night"s sleep time declined by 20% over past century; dangers of auto accidents, fatigued workers, family dysfunction; most young adults sleep. Stimulus control therapy: set of instructions designed to curtail behaviours that might interfere with sleep and regulate sleep-wake schedules (ex: don"t nap during the day; don"t work in bedroom)
