APPH 1040 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Telogen Effluvium, Alopecia Areata, Irritable Bowel Syndrome
16 Apr 2017
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Chapter 3: managing stress and coping with life"s challenges. Stress: mental and physiological response and adaptations to a real or perceived threat to one"s well-being. Stressor: physical, social, psychological event or condition that upsets homeostasis and produces a stress response. Stressors are either tangible (test) or intangible (meeting girlfriend"s parents) Factors that influence whether response to stressor is positive or negative. Characteristics of the stressor: how traumatic, can it be controlled, are you prepared. Biological factors: age or gender, current health status. Past experiences or fears: things that have happened to you, consequences. Distress: negative stress that can have a negative effect on health. Common when under the influence, coping with illness, tired. Eustress: positive stress that presents opportunities for personal growth. Acute stress: short-term physiological response to an immediate perceived threat. Episodic acute stress: state of regularly reacting with wild, acute stress to various situations. Chronic stress: stress that is more long term and can negatively impact your health.
