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EXAM Covering Chapters 5-8 Flashcards

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Affect

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the pattern of observable behaviors, such as facial expression, that are associated with these subjective feelings

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Mood

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a pervasive and sustained emotional response that can color the way you perceive the world

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depressed mood

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Feelings of disappointment and despair

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Clinical Depression

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a depressed mood is accompanied by several other symptoms, such as fatigue, loss of energy, difficulty sleeping, and changes in appetite

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Mania

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opposite emotional state of depression, accompanied with a euphoric feeling

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Mood disorders

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periods of time in which the persons behavior is in either a depressed or manic mood

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depressive disorders

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person only experiences episodes of depression

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bipolar disorder

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person experiences episodes of mania as well as depression

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Dysphoric

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Depressed or unpleasant mood

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Somatic Symptoms of mood disorders

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the psychological disorder effects the physical body not just your mood

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Psychomotor retardation

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behavior that accompanies depression; slowed movement, walk and talk as if in slow motion, pausing for an expended period of time before answering questions

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Persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia)

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depressive disorder that represents a chronic mild depressive condition that has been present for many years without a major depressive episode

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Hypomania

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episodes of increased energy that are not sufficiently severe to qualify as full blown mania

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Cyclothymia

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chronic, but less severe form of bipolar

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Melancholia

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severe type of depression, unremitting, vegetative state, (ECT?, Bio treatments)

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Seasonal affective disorder

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in which the onset of episodes is regularly associated with the change of the seasons

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remission

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when a persons symptoms are diminished or improved

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Relapse

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is a return of active symptoms in a person that has recovered from a pervious episode

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Ruminative style

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responding to feelings of depression by turning their attention inward, contemplating the cause and implications of their depression, ex. writing in a journal

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Distracting style

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responding to depression by focusing on hobbies and sports and becoming more involved to draw their attention away from the depression

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Analogue studies

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focus on behaviors that resemble mental disorders that appear in the natural environment

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SSRI’s

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inhibit the reuptake of serotonin into the presynaptic nerve ending, causing the serotonin pathways to have an increased amount of serotonin

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Tricyclics antidepressants

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inhibits reuptake of several neurotransmitters, have more side effects than SSRI’s

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Monoamine oxidase inhibitors

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prevents breakdown of several neurotransmitters, not used as commonly because you have to avoid cheese and chocolate, and often develop high blood pressure

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lithium carbonate

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first choice in treating bipolar disorder

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Fear

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Specific, realistic, present, adaptive

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anxiety

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General, out of proportion, future, maladaptive

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Worry

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Uncontrollable thoughts of future danger

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Panic attack

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Sudden, overwhelming terror

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Phobias

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Irrational, focused anxiety, avoidance

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Specific Phobia

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marked fear or anxiety about a specific object or situation that almost always provokes immediate fear or anxiety

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Social anxiety disorder

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focused on social situations in which the person may closely be observed or evaluated by other people

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Agoraphobia

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fear of the market place or places of assembly, fear of public spaces

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Panic disorder

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a person experiences recurrent, unexpected panic attacks with at least one followed by another within the next month

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generalized anxiety disorder

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excessive anxiety and worry are the primary symptoms

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Preparedness model

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fear of certain stimuli that is more easily learned than others because hundreds of years ago we evolved to learn this faster, like fear of snakes, spiders, heights

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situational exposure

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treat agoraphobic people, where the person repeatedly confronts the situation they fear

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interoceptive exposure

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the process is accomplished by having the person engage in standardized exercises that are known to produce the physical attributes of a panic attack, and teach how to control them.

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Breathing retraining

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education about the physiological effects of hyperventilating and practice in slow breathing techniques

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Obsessions

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Repetitive, unwanted thoughts

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Compulsions

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Compelled repetitive actions that reduce anxiety (Not pleasurable; NOT “compulsive” gambling)

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dissociation

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the disruption of the normally integrated mental processes involved in memory, consciousness, identity, or perception

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Traumatic stress

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an event that involves actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence to self or witnessing others experience trauma

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Acute stress disorder (ASD)

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occurs within a month after exposure to a traumatic stress

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Post traumatic Stress disorder (PTSD)

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last longer than one month and sometimes has a delayed onset

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Flashbacks

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sudden memories during which the trauma is replayed in images or thoughts

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Differences between people with and without PTSD are…

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Correlations, apparently due to preexisting differences not due to brain damage from the trauma

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meaning-making

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finding value or reason for having endured a trauma

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Critical incident stress debriefing

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a single one to five hour group meeting offered one to three days after a disaster

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dissociative disorders

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persistent mal adaptive disruptions in the integration of memory, consciousness, or identity

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dissociative fugue

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unplanned travel, the inability to remember details about past and confusion about identity of the assumption of a new identity

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hysteria

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frustrated sexual desires, particularly in woman desire to have a baby, cause the unusual symptoms

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Hypnosis

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loss of control over their actions in response to suggestions from the hypnotist

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rational system

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a system of information processing, that uses abstract, logical knowledge to solve complex problems over time

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experimental system

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a system of information processing that uses intuitive knowledge to respond to problems immediately without delay of thought

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Explicit memory

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conscious recollection

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implicit memory

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is unconscious and evident only because past experience can change behavior

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Derealization/depersonalization disorder

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feelings of unreality or detachment from the environment

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dissociative amnesia

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the partial or complete loss of recall for particular events or for a particular period of time, personal information, that exceeds forgetfulness

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Dissociative identity disorder (DID)

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formerly known as multiple personality disorder, and is the existence of two or more distinct personalities in a single individual

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retrospective reports

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evaluations of the past from the vantage of the present, that may be selectively recalled, distorted, or even created to confirm a clinician’s expectations

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state dependent learning

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learning that takes place in one state or affect or consciousness is bested recalled in that same state, affect, or consciousness

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iatrogenesis

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the manufacture of a disorder by its treatment

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somatice symptom disorders

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physical symptoms are prominent and accompanied by impairing psychological distress

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conversion disorder

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emotions converted into physical symptoms

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Illness anxiety disorder

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fear or belief that one is suffering from a physical illness but physical symptoms are either absent or minor

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Body dysmorphic disorder

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preoccupation with some imagined defect in appearance

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malingering

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pretending to have a physical illness in order to achieve some external gain such as disability

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factitious disorder

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a feigned condition that, unlike malingering, is motivated primarily by a desire to assume the sick role rather than by a desire for external gain

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behavioral medicine

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includes bother medical and mental health professionals who focus on psychological influences on the symptoms, causes, and treatment of physical illness

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Stress

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a challenging event that requires physiological, cognitive, or behavioral adaptation

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primary appraisal

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our evaluation of the challenge, threat, or harm posed by an event

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secondary appraisal

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our assessment of our abilities and resources for coping with the event

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Two hormones Adrenal glands release

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epinephrine, and norepinephrine which activate cortisol

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Cortisol

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“stress hormone”, functions quickly to help the body make repairs in response to injury or infection

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psychoneuroimmunology (PNI)

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investigates the relation between stress and immune function

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homeostasis

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the tendency to return to a steady state of normal functioning

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generaladaptation syndrome (GAS)

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consists of 3 stages, alarm, resistance, and exhaustion

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problem-focused coping

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involves attempts to change a stressor

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Emotion-focused coping

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is an attempt to alter internal distress

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ways to reduce stress

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predictability, control, outlets for frustration, optimism, repression(not healthy)

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Resilience

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the ability to cope successfully with the challenges of life

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Health behavior

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is any action that promotes good health

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illness behavior

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behaving as if you are sick

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longitudinal study

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studying people repeatedly over time

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cross-sectional study

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people are studied at only one point in time

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Stages of Grief

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denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance

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Stress: General adaptation syndrome

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Alarm, resistance, exhaustion

out of gas and keep trying to start car

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Stress: Overwhelms homeostasis

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can’t idle down (like car on a cold morning)

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stress: uses energy that impairs body functioning

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cooling lubricants can’t keep up

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Stress: Health behavior

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Indirect effect, poor driving, ignoring maintenance

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