Chapter 6: Stress Disorders and Health Psychology
Extraordinary People: Norman Cousins: Healing with Laughter
Physiological Responses to Stress
Health Psychology
Stress, Coronary Heart Disease, and Hypertension
Stress and the Immune System
Sleep and Health
Sleep Deprivation
Sleep Disorders
Personality and Health
Pessimism
The Type A Behavior Pattern
Social Support
Interventions to Improve Health
Guided Mastery Techniques
Biofeedback
Sociocultural Interventions
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Acute Stress Disorder, and Adjustment Disorder
The Role of Trauma in PTSD
Taking Psychology Personally: What to Do If You've Been Sexually Assaulted
Explanations of PTSD Vulnerability
Treatments for PTSD
Chapter Integration
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