1. Psychological Factors and Physical Health WEB

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

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

4. General Causal Factors in Physical Disease Sociocultural factors

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. 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

12. Type A Behavior Pattern and Coronary Heart Disease

13. Treatments and Outcomes Biological measures

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

15. UNRESOLVED ISSUES Medical education and practice