Interdisciplinary approach applying behavioral science to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment to medical problems.
What is behavioral medicine
100
Alarm, resistance and exhaustion are what stages in response to?
What is Sustained Stress
100
This consist of two groups, B cells and T cells
What is Lymphocytes
100
What is the leading preventable cause of death in the US
What is Smoking
100
Excessive competitiveness, time pressured, impatient are all categories of what
What is Type A behaviors
200
Subfield of behavioral medicine that studies psychological factors important in health promotion and maintenance
What is health psychology
200
What hormone is known as the "stress hormone"
What is Cortisol
200
A condition in which the body's immune system attacks healthy tissue rather than antigens?
What is Autoimmune disease
200
What percent of individuals between the ages of 35 and 64 suffer from hypertension
What is 27.6%
200
Natural opioids exists in our bodies are called
What is Endorphins
300
Perception of having the ability to cope with the stress or challenges
What is Self-efficacy
300
Stress has an affect on this, and my cause you to become more susceptible to infections
What is immune system
300
This extremely serious medical condition can cause stroke, heart disease, and also kidney failure
What is Hypertension
300
What occurs when a fatty substance or plaque builds up to a body part caused by the narrowing of the arteries by to much plaque
What is Atherosclerosis
300
Relaxed attitude, less forced ambition, indifference to time pressure are all categories of what
What is Type B behaviors
400
Foreign material that enters the body, including bacteria and parasites
What is Antigens
400
Sequence of reactions to sustained stress described by Hans Selye is called
What is General adaptation syndrome (GAS)
400
The immune system has two main parts what are they
What is the humoral and the cellular
400
Blockage of the arteries supplying blood to the heart muscle
What is Coronary heart disease (CHD)
400
The emotional component of pain is called
What is Suffering
500
Body's means of identifying and eliminating any foreign materials that enter
What is immune system
500
This helps to turn off the stress response
What is hippocampus
500
The B cells produce highly specific molecules called
What is immunoglobulins
500
Temporary blockage of blood vessels supplying the brain, or a rupture of vessels in the brain, resulting in temporary or permanent loss of brain functioning
What is CVA
500
Incapacitating exhaustion following only minimal exertion accompanied by fever, headaches, muscle and joint pain, depression and anxiety