Psychology 2075 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8-12: Sympathetic Nervous System, Orbitofrontal Cortex, Cybersex
2 Mar 2018
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Std refers only to infections that cause symptoms. Sti is more encompassing because it includes infections for which people have symptoms as well as those that don"t (asymptomatic) Sti & hiv epidemic in canada disproportionately affects teens and young adults. Kids from low income and ethnocultural minority groups are at a greater risk. Hpv, trichomoniasis and chlamydia account for majority of cases. Bacterial infections can be cured with antibiotics; viral infections can"t be cured but symptoms can be treated to reduce. Sti-related stigma: individual"s awareness that people will judge them negatively for having an sti. Sti-related shame: the negative feelings people have about themselves when they receive an sti diagnosis. C-sections usually done with women in outbreak: psychological aspects: coping with herpes, spectrum of responses, difficulties aggravated by frequency of outbreaks and no predictableness. Most people have some mild symptoms and not specific to hiv people are highly infectious: chronic asymptomatic infection: person is infected but no symptoms yet.
