PSYC 3140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Angina Pectoris, Hans Selye, Chronic Pain
9 Feb 2014
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Psychophysiological disorders: are characterized by genuine physical symptoms that are caused by or can be worsened by emotional factors; asthma, hypertension, headache and gastritis etc. These are diseases that involve damage to the body. Dsm iv needed diagnosis to indicate presence of psychological factors affecting medical condition. Cardiovascular disease (cvd) leading cause of death in canada; prevention is possible. Health psychology and behavioural medicine work together for the treatment or through a healthy lifestyle improvement of a person"s health. Selye known for identifying the general adaption syndrome (gas). Stress affects the nervous system autonomic nervous system. Stress as a stimulus called stressor; this kind of stimuli can be major, minor or chronic. Stressors can also be psychogenic (from psychological factors) or neurogenic (from a physical stimulus). Allostatic load: a condition where there is intense and prolonged demands on neurochemical systems that can lead to a variety of pathological outcomes.
