Galen MH Exam 2 with verified solutions
Stress - correct answer ✔the reaction of the body and mind to everyday
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challenges and demands
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increased stress - correct answer ✔increases mental illness
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predisposed to mental illness - correct answer ✔stress early on in life
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fight or flight - correct answer ✔a reaction caused by SNS that prepares one to
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|either fight the stressor or take flight and escape.
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general adaptation syndrome (gas) - correct answer ✔alarm, resistance,
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exhaustion
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distress - correct answer ✔negative draining energy, harmful to physical health,
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lowers immune system
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eustress - correct answer ✔positive beneficial energy that motivates and
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results in feelings of happiness
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serotonin - correct answer ✔plays an important role in mood, sleep, sexuality,
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appetite, metabolism
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increased serotonin - correct answer ✔=times of high stress
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,immune stress response - correct answer ✔negatively affects bodies ability to
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|produce protective factors, happens during alarm phase of GAS
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physical stressors - correct answer ✔environmental conditions
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physical stressors examples - correct answer ✔physical illness, temp, trauma
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psychological stressors - correct answer ✔events such as divorce, loss of job,
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financial issues, even positive change such as marriage, baby
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factors that play a role in stress response - correct answer ✔perception
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ability to cope
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temperament
experiences
social support (culture/religion/support groups)
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perception - correct answer ✔not always the stressor itself that determines a
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response, but the perception of the stressor that determines a response of
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emotional and physchological reactions to it
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individual temperment - correct answer ✔all factors combine to form unique
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|personality with specific strengths and vulnerability
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, measuring stress - correct answer ✔measures level of positive and negative
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stressful life events over a 1yr period to assess vulnerability to stress related
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disorders
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assessing coping styles - correct answer ✔how they have coped in the past
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anxiety
depression
pain
health sustaining habits
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life satisfaction
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effective and healthy responses to stress
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relaxation techniques - correct answer ✔deep breathing exercises
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progressive muscle relaxation | |
meditation
guided imagery
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biofeedback
physical exercise
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cognitive reframing |
journaling
humor
progressive muscle relaxation - correct answer ✔deliberately tensing groups of
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muscles as tightly as possible for 8 seconds then release the tension you
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created
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Stress - correct answer ✔the reaction of the body and mind to everyday
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challenges and demands
| | |
increased stress - correct answer ✔increases mental illness
| | | | | | |
predisposed to mental illness - correct answer ✔stress early on in life
| | | | | | | | | | |
fight or flight - correct answer ✔a reaction caused by SNS that prepares one to
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|either fight the stressor or take flight and escape.
| | | | | | | |
general adaptation syndrome (gas) - correct answer ✔alarm, resistance,
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exhaustion
|
distress - correct answer ✔negative draining energy, harmful to physical health,
| | | | | | | | | |
lowers immune system
| | |
eustress - correct answer ✔positive beneficial energy that motivates and
| | | | | | | | |
results in feelings of happiness
| | | | |
serotonin - correct answer ✔plays an important role in mood, sleep, sexuality,
| | | | | | | | | | |
appetite, metabolism
| |
increased serotonin - correct answer ✔=times of high stress
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,immune stress response - correct answer ✔negatively affects bodies ability to
| | | | | | | | | |
|produce protective factors, happens during alarm phase of GAS
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physical stressors - correct answer ✔environmental conditions
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physical stressors examples - correct answer ✔physical illness, temp, trauma
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psychological stressors - correct answer ✔events such as divorce, loss of job,
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financial issues, even positive change such as marriage, baby
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factors that play a role in stress response - correct answer ✔perception
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ability to cope
| |
temperament
experiences
social support (culture/religion/support groups)
| | |
perception - correct answer ✔not always the stressor itself that determines a
| | | | | | | | | | |
response, but the perception of the stressor that determines a response of
| | | | | | | | | | | |
emotional and physchological reactions to it
| | | | | |
individual temperment - correct answer ✔all factors combine to form unique
| | | | | | | | | |
|personality with specific strengths and vulnerability
| | | | |
, measuring stress - correct answer ✔measures level of positive and negative
| | | | | | | | | |
stressful life events over a 1yr period to assess vulnerability to stress related
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
disorders
|
assessing coping styles - correct answer ✔how they have coped in the past
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anxiety
depression
pain
health sustaining habits
| |
life satisfaction
|
effective and healthy responses to stress
| | | | |
relaxation techniques - correct answer ✔deep breathing exercises
| | | | | | |
progressive muscle relaxation | |
meditation
guided imagery
|
biofeedback
physical exercise
|
cognitive reframing |
journaling
humor
progressive muscle relaxation - correct answer ✔deliberately tensing groups of
| | | | | | | | |
muscles as tightly as possible for 8 seconds then release the tension you
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created
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