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Chapter Two

College Mental health

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• Major Life Changes• Daily Hassles –

greater source because of the frequency in your daily life, significant toll on health

• Job-related Stressors

• College Student Stress• Academic Stressors• Interpersonal Stressors• Time-related Pressures• Financial Concerns

• Sleep Deprivation• Mental & physical

deterioration• Headaches, irritable• Forgetful• Can’t concentrate• Increase Heart Attack

Risk• Depression• Suicide

• Social Stressors• Real social networks• Virtual social networks• Environmental stressors• Internal stressors

What is Stress?

• ____________– physical and emotional reactions to a stressor.

• Rapid chemical reactions affect almost every part of your body.• Primed to act

quickly and appropriately.

• It is your response to stress that counts, regardless of whether it is to a pleasant (eustress) or an unpleasant stressor (distress)

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Physical Response to Stress

• The Nervous System

• _____________Division• Relaxed state; aids in

digesting food, storing energy, and promoting growth

• _____________ Division• Stimulated state—such as

when you experience severe pain, anger, or fear

• Stress hormones• ____________–

released in chronic stress

• Epinephrine (_________);

• ____________–released to relieve pain

• ______________________________________

Homeostasis when the physical state returns to normal (stability & consistency)

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How stress affects usPsychoneuroimmunology

(PNI)

• Stress, through the actions of the________________________________________ which then affects health.

• Acute Stress (5 -100 minutes)

• No significant immune changes

• Chronic Stress (ongoing) (e.g., unemployment)

• Cortisol secretion -> accelerates inflammatory diseases (MS, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, depression)

Allostatic Load Concept

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Links Between Stress & Health

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Effective Stress Management

• Effective behavioral responses: expressing emotion, learning new skills, exercising, meditating

• Mindfulness• Intentional cultivation of

attention to restore self-regulation of the mind and body => connectedness, balance and health

Ineffective behavioral responses: overeating and using tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs (Can impair wellness)

• Journaling• Confide in yourself• _______________• Identify stressors• _______________• Helpful with those shy• _______________

short-term mood but over the long term, stress is reduced.

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Time Management

• Set priorities• Schedule tasks for peak

efficiency • Set realistic goals and

write them down• Budget enough time• Break up long-term goals• Visualize achievement• Keep track of tasks you

put off

• Do least-favorite tasks first

• Consolidate tasks• Identify quick transitional

tasks• Delegate responsibility• Say no when necessary• Give yourself a break• Avoid “time sinks”• Just do it!

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Create a To-Do List to Manage Stress

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Stress Management Techniques

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