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| An interdisciplinary field that integrates behavioral and medical knowledge and applies that knowledge to health and disease. |
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| A subfield of psychology that provides psychology's contribution to behavioral medicine. |
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| The process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging. |
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| General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) |
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| Selye's concept of the body's adaptive response to stress in three stages- alarm, resistance, exhaustion (ARE). |
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| The clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscle (semicolon -insert-) the leading cause of death in many developed countries. |
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| Friedman and Rosenman's term for competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger-prone people |
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| Friedman and Rosenman's term for easygoing, relaxed people. |
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| Psychophysiological Illness |
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| Literally, "mind-body" illness; any stress-related physical illness, such as hypertension and some headaches. (Note: This is distinct from hypochondriasis- misinterpreting normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease.) |
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| The two types of white blood cells that are part of the body's immune system: B lymphocytes form in the bone marrow and release antibodies that fight bacterial infections; T lymphocytes form in the thymus and other lymphatic tissue and attack cancer cells, viruses, and foreign substances. |
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| Alleviating stress using emotional, cognitive, or behavioral methods |
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| Attempting to alleviate stress directly- by changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor. |
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| Attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to one's stress reaction. |
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| Sustained exercise that increases heart and lung fitness; may also alleviate depression and anxiety. |
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| A system for electronically recording, amplifying, and feeding back information regarding a subtle physiological state, such as blood pressure or muscle tension. |
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| Complementary and Alternative Medicine |
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| Unproven health care treatments not taught widely in medical schools, not used in hospitals, and not usually reimbursed by insurance companies |
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