Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Methadone, Nicotine Patch, Bronchitis

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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If stressor is intense and persists for too long. Increased vulnerability to disease and even death: body"s resources dangerously depleted, determined by factors such as severity of stress, and general health, more severe = sooner we enter exhaustion stage, weakest part of body affected first, ex. Stress and health: stress can result in physical and physiological deterioration, physiological responses that we got over evolutionary time don"t work for modern age psychological stresses. Ptsd than by natural disasters: women more likely to develop ptsd than men, ptsd also caused by terrorist attacks (9/11, ptsd can develop immediately, after months, or even after years, ptsd can cause vulnerability to other disorders (ex. Stress and illness: stress combines with other physical and psychological factors to influence physical illness, stress increases risk of heart attack, cancer, and death after death of a loved one, ex. Increases feeling of control over stressors: prevents you from coping badly like with alcohol and drugs.