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23 Cards in this Set
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Stress
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process by which people evaluate and cope with environment threats and challenges.
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Walter Cannon
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studied bilogy of stress
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Cortisal
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stress hormone
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Hans Seyles
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extended work of cannon he discovered general adaptation syndrome
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Alarm Stage
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activation of sympathetic nervous system
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Resistance Stage
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outpouring of emotions and hormones
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Exhaustion Stage
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more volnerable to disease
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Psychological Disorder
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persistantly harmful thoughts, feelings, actions, deviate from what most in a culture experience.
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Bixpsychosocial Model
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interplay of body mind social experiences
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Anxiety Disorders
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persistant distressing anxiety that causes maladaptive behavior
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General Anxiety Disorder
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"eeyore" a person unexplainably and continually uneasy & nervous poor concentration can be linked to depression
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Panic Disorder
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episodes of intense fear that something bad is about to happen--can feel like heart attack--smokers more prone b/c nicatine is a stimulant
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Phobias
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fear and anxiety focused on specific object
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OCD
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uncontrolled repititive thoughts and ritualistic behaviors
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PTSD
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traumatic stress that can lead to nightmares, insomnia, addiction, and depression--look over survivor resillency
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Post Traumatic Growth
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PTSD can not destory your life people can grow from it
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Survivor Resillency
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strong able to bounce back not everyone who goes through trauma are mental
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Desensitization
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therapy elimating fear in controlled environment
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Dissociative Disorders
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lose of memory or idenity ones conscious awareness seperates from painful thoughts, feelings, and memories.
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D.I.D.
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"multiple personalities" not a common diagnosis outside US.
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Major Depressive Disorder
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prolonged feelings of hopelessness and despair and loss of interest worthlessness lasting longer than two weeks and not caused by medical condition or drugs
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Dysthymic Disorder
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down in the dump for more than two years
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Bipolar
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cycling between highs and lows
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