Chapter 10 Book Flashcards
electronic monitoring devices, patients can see real-time data about their body’s processes, such as heart rate, muscle tension, or brainwave activity.
With this information, they can learn to regulate these processes, which can be especially helpful in managing stress, anxiety, depression, and other mental health conditions.
Describes
Biofeedback
GAS general adaptation syndrome
Consists of…
3 phases of stress
Alarm
Resistance
Exhaustion
progressive muscle relaxation (PMR), helps reduce stress and anxiety by gradually tensing and then relaxing different muscle groups in the body.
Describe….
Start at top or bottom of body tense , relax and go up or down
Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis is involved in the GAS general adaptation syndrome associated with this mental process
Anxiety
GAS
Alarm
Resistance
Exhaustion
Work / School demands causes
Distress or Eustress
Distress
Physiological/ Psychological Stressor
Trauma, Heat / Cold, Infection, Hemorrhage, Hunger, Pain
Physiological
Trauma, Heat / Cold, Infection, Hemorrhage, Hunger,
Psychological Stressor
Divorce, job loss, debt, death of friend, retirement
Recent life changes stress scale
What is considered high stress score 6 months / 1 year
6 months 300
1 year 500
Health sustaining habits ( medical adherence, diet, relaxation, pacing)
Life satisfaction
Social support
Effective and healthy response to stress
Are known as…
Coping strategies
This tech to distress involves being in the moment and paying attention to what is happening around you with your 5 senses.
Mindfulness
This tech can take a disturbing event and make it less disturbing by giving a person a sense of control over the situation.
I will be proud of myself because I will study for this test the best I can.
Is this tech
Cognitive Reframing
The body responds similarly stressor that are real or perceived and positive or negative
T or F
T
