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The subfield of psychology concerned with ways psychological factors influence the causes and treatment of physical illness and the maintenance of health.
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health psychology
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a psychological disorder characterized by chronic psychological arousal, recurrent unwanted thoughts or images of the trauma, and avoidance of things that call the trauma to mind.
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PTSD
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The physical and psychological response to internal or external stressors
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Stress
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specific events that place demands on a person or threaten the person's well being.
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stressors
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A source of stress that occurs continuously or repeatedly.
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a chronic stressor
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A three stage physiological response that appears regardless of the stressor that is encountered.
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GAS
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An emotional physiological reaction to an emergency that increases readiness for action.
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Fight or Flight Response
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The tendency toward easily aroused hostility, impatience, a sense of time urgency and competitive strivings.
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Type A Behavior Pattern
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A state of physical, emotional, and mental exhausting created by long term involvement in an emotionally demanding situation and accompanied by lowered performance and motivation
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burnout
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Facing a stressor and working to overcome it
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Rational Coping
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Finding a new or creative way to think about a stressor that reduces its threat
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reframing
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A technique for reducing tension by consciously relaxing muscles of the body
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relaxation therapy
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A condition of reduced muscle tension,, cortical activity, heart rate, breathing rate, and blood pressure
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Relaxation response
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the use of an external monitoring device to obtain information about a bodily function and possibly gain control over that function.
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biofeedback
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the aid gained from interacting with others
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social support
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A clinically significant psychological response to a therapeutically inert substance or procedure
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Placebo Effect
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A psychological disorder involving combinations of multiple complaints with no medical explanation
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somatization disorder
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A disorder characterized by apparently debilitating physical symptoms that appear to be voluntary- but the person experiences as involuntary
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conversion disorder
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the set of psychological disorders in which the person displays physical symptoms not fully explained by a general medical condition
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somatoform disorders
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A psychological disorder in which a person is preoccupied with minor symptoms and develops an exaggerated belief that the symptoms signify as a life threatening illness.
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Hypochondriasis
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