Influence Health Stress
➢ Stress Physiology
Physical Disorders
General Adaptation Syndrome (GAD)
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Alarm
Resistance
Psychosomatic
Psychosomatic Medicine
Exhaustion
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THE PHYSIOLOGY OF STRESS
HEALTH & HEALTH-RELATED BEHAVIOR
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Second Revolution in Public Health
Behavioral Medicine
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Neuromodulators or Neuropeptides
Health Psychology
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Hippocampus
Chronic stress → increased levels of cortisol → kill nerve cells
in the hippocampus → hippocampal activity is compromised
→ excessive cortisol → overtime, the ability to turn off the
stress response decreases → further aging of the
hippocampus