Psychological Factors and Physical Health WEB

Hans Selye General Adaptation Syndrome Three stages of disease development –Alarm –Resistance –Exhaustion

General Causal Factors in Physical Disease Biological factors –Genetic factors –Psychosocial interaction –Differences in autonomic reactivity and somatic weakness –Disruption of physiological equilibrium

General Causal Factors in Physical Disease Sociocultural factors

General Causal Factors in Physical Disease Psychosocial factors –Personality characteristics –Interpersonal relationships as sources of protection –The learning of illnesses

Psychosocial Factors and the Immune System Elements of the human immune system Psychosocial compromise of the immune response

Psychosocial Factors and the Immune System Psychoneuroimmunology –The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis –Other neurochemicals and immune function –Conditioned immunosuppression –Immune feedback Stressor toxicity

General Psychological Factors in Health and Disease Psychological factors in health and healing Fight or flight

General Psychological Factors in Health and Disease Health, attitudes, and coping resources The influence of optimism Negative emotions and physical illness

Psychological Factors and Cardiovascular Disease Essential hypertension Hypertension and African-Americans Anger and hypertension

Psychological Factors and Cardiovascular Disease Coronary heart disease and the Type A behavior pattern –Characteristics of Type A personalities –Research on Type A and CHD

Type A Behavior Pattern and Coronary Heart Disease

Treatments and Outcomes Biological measures

Treatments and Outcomes Psychosocial measures –Traditional psychotherapy –Biofeedback –Behavior therapy –Cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT)

UNRESOLVED ISSUES Medical education and practice