In chapter 13 the key points of focus are stress, health and coping. As defined by the cognitive appraisal model, stress is a negative emotional state that is in occurrence to events that are seen as appraised as taxing or exceeding one's resources. Psychologists that study stress and other psychological factors that influence health, illness and treatment are health psychologist. Events or situations that produce stress are known as stressors. Significant sources of stress include daily hassles, work stress and burnout.…
The first of these stressors being the large crowd who produced loud noises and were very focused on President Bush. This crowd created corporal stress, which is stress within the body and its…
There are three different type of stress; Acute stress, episodic acute stress and chronic stress. Stress can cause positive and negative affects, everyone is different therefore we react to stress differently.…
There are two forms of stress acute or chronic. Acute Stress is thrilling in small doses, but too much can cause exhaustion. In some cases acute stress may give you motivation and cause you to move at a quicker pace.…
Your response to stress is the result of physiology, genetics and environment. Stress is a result of the flight fight response. The brain recognises a threat, the adrenal gland produces chemicals that affect changes in the brain and bodies functioning. The factors that cause variation in stress responses would be what the brain identifies as stress and the capacity of the adrenal gland to function. A person that lives in a fairly isolated location, the country say, may have very few challenges in life may have a calm and easy going personality but when faced with a crisis or a busier environment they may find themselves unable to cope.…
Acute stress is common because, it is the only form of stress that is temporary and leaves once the problem is resolved. Examples of acute stress are: if a doctor calls or a major exam. The second most common stress is episodic stress. Episodic stress is just what it says. It is stress that comes in episodes.…
Stress can be defined in 3part, which are stressor, stress and stress response. According to psychology glossary “A Stressor is anything (physical or psychological) that produces stress (negative or positive) is considered a stressor. For example, getting a promotion is a positive event, but may also produce a great deal of stress with all the new responsibilities, workload, etc.” (2015) By definition, stress is any uncomfortable "emotional experience accompanied by predictable biochemical, physiological and behavioral changes." (Baum, 1990)…
You’re hiking through the woods when all of a sudden you hear a stick crack. You look cautiously around for the hazard, but you see no one. Your heart starts racing. You begin to sweat. Your mouth dries and you feel butterflies in your stomach.…
Acute Stress Disorder is acute stress that occur after the direct repercussion in a shocking time. The characteristics of ASD are progress of anxiety, dissociative symptoms, and other appearances that happens within one month after the disturbing time. If someone is told they have ASD the victim must understand, witnessed, or been confronted with a time with being actual involved or endangered death, serious injury, or a threat to the physical safety of the victim or others. The victim must be in a position where they are demonstrating with intense fear, weakness, or horror. Substance abuse is a maladaptive pattern which is a problem that leads up to consequences with repeated use of substances.…
Everyone has stress. Good or bad it is an inevitable feeling. Sometimes a person can be raveled in so much stress they do not remember their main objective. The movie Stress: Portrait of a Killer truly shows and exemplifies how stress really drives our lives.…
Acute Stress Disorder essentially features a development of characteristic symptoms lasting from 3 days to 1 month following an exposure to one or more traumatic events. These events include an exposure to war as a combatant or civilian, threatened or actual violent personal assualt (e.g., sexual violence, physical attack, active combat, mugging, childhood physical and/or sexual violence, being kidnapped, being taken hostage, terrorist attack, torture), natural or human-made disasters (earthquake, hurricane, airplane crash), and severe accident (severe motor vehicle, industrial accident). There are varying degrees of the clinical presentation by individual of the disorder but it generally involves an anxiety response which includes some…
The focus of this assignment is to look at and analyse the mental health and illness aspects of people in our community. Using a case study of a mental health presentation, explore the research and critical thinking related to the assessment and pre-hospital management of mental health patients. Exploring the pathophysiology, signs and symptoms of several mental health illness and critically evaluate the pre-hospital assessment and management and compare this to best paramedic practice. Positive mental health has been defined as: “a state of wellbeing in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his…
There’s episodic acute stress, acute stress, chronic and toxic stress. But there are ways to cope with stress. Each person has different ways to cope. First of all what is stress? Anxiety?…
Even though pain seems like such an easy thing to explain, it’s actually quite a complex phenomenon because of how abstract it is; as it differs significantly between each individual. In the simple terms, pain is an unpleasant sensation which can range from mild discomfort all the way to unbearable agony. Whilst many instantly think of pain as being mostly physically, there is also an emotional aspect. The source of physical pain comes about from nerve stimulation, along with various injuries and diseases, whilst emotional tends to stem from mental issues. The origin of the word ‘pain’ comes from its Latin root ‘poena’, which means penalty.…
It is the subject of pressure or tension and can have impact on both physical and phycology of humans. 2. Physiological effects of stress Physiological effects of stress are that of the effects on the body because of the hormones released due to stress. Some examples are that of: • Muscle tension: The muscles in the body tend to tense up as soon as the body is…