PSYCO239 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Acute Stress Reaction, Virtual Reality Therapy, Dissociative Identity Disorder
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The state of stress has 2 components: stressor event that creates demands, stress response persons reactions to the demands. Influenced by how we judge both the event and our capacity to react to the event effectively. People who sense that they have the ability and resources to cope are more likely to take stressors in stride and respond well. When we view a stressor as threatening, the natural reaction is arousal and fear. Stress reactions, and the fear they produce, are often at play in psychological disorders. Stress and psychological disorders: acute stress disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (ptsd, the dsm-5 lists these as trauma and stressor-related disorders . Stress and physical (psychophysiological) disorders: these disorders are listed in the dsm-5 under psychological factors affecting medical condition . Stress and arousal: the fight-or-flight response: the features of arousal and fear are set in motion by the hypothalamus, two important systems are activated:
