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NSG:521 Module #1 Study GuideWhat is pathophysiology? - ANS our bodies trying hard to help up adapt to the environments we find
ourselves in, that sometimes the body goes overboard, helps maintain balance and keep going
-its the overzealous aspect of our body the causes sickness
state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease of
infirmity - ANS health
A particular abnormal condition that affects part or all of can organism. Often construed as a medical
condition associated with specific symptoms and signs - ANS disease (pathology)
What is the perspective do we look at when viewing a patient? - ANS holistic view, the whole person is
the patient; not just signs and symptoms
What is our approach when looking at a patient? - ANS integrative
What is psychoneuroimmunology? - ANS the study of how psychological, neural, and endocrine
processes together affect the immune system and resulting health
What systems make up PNI - ANS -psycho
-neurological
-immune
-endocrine
What looks at the interaction between the CNS (brain and spinal cord) and the immune system (organs
and cells) and how they communicate with one another? - ANS PNI
,Both the CNS and the immune systems send out what that act as messengers between the 2 systems -
ANS messengers
-small molecules
-proteins
What signals does the CNS release? - ANS hormones and neurotransmitters
What signals does the immune system send out? - ANS cytokines
PNI describes - ANS -origin of behavior
-and how we are within the world
What is the idea that illness occurs when the immune system breaks down, when the body fails is when
we get sick...due to stress you get sick - ANS traditional biomedical view
What is the idea that mental illness is a problem with the mind separate from the body? - ANS
Traditional psychoanalytic view
These two views are becoming _____ supports by evidence as time goes on - ANS less
Our ____________ affects _____, ________, ________, ___________ and ___________ all effect our
health and well being - ANS environment, moods, emotions, behaviors, brainwaves, and
neurotransmitters
There are very powerful connections between the ______ and _______ - ANS mind and the body
________, _________, and ________ are produced by microbes in the _________ - ANS GABA,
Serotonin, and Dopamine; gut
,What percentage of serotonin is produced in the gut? - ANS 90%
What does serotonin regulate? - ANS mood, appetite, and sleep
What do certain microbes do in our gut when pertaining to GABA? - ANS increase the # of GABA
receptors in the brain
Do psychological factors influence immune system-mediated disease or is the presence of a disease
causing agent sufficient to cause disease? - ANS sometimes, but not always...are there other factors
could be psychological sometimes
Things going on in our ______ affect our immune system and if we get sick - ANS psyche
What factors determine how resilient we are in the face of environmental threats? - ANS -we need an:
--agent
--susceptible host
--environment that brings host and agent together
Immune system compromised of unable to recognize a foreign material - ANS disease; infectious
disease, auto-immune disease, cancer
PNI is a theoretical perspective and way of doing science that is: - ANS -multidisciplinary
-revealing the processes the underlie health and illness
PNI is the study of the the body responds to its environment in a concerted and strategic manner using:
- ANS -the brain and neurological system
, -endocrine system
-the immune system
--all interacting with one another
PNI can also be referred to as - ANS PNEI, endocrine isn't always put in the accronym
The study of the interaction between psychological processes and the nervous and immune systems of
the human body? - ANS PNI
PNI takes an _________________________ approach, incorporating psychology, neuroscience,
immunology, physiology, genetics, pharmacology, molecular biology, psychiatry, behavioral medicine,
infectious diseases, rheumatology and endocrinology. - ANS interdisciplinary
What are the main interests of PNI? - ANS the relationship between mental processes and health
What greek doctors that that diseases were caused by an imbalance of the humors? - ANS Galen and
Hippocrates
What two emotions were thought to derive from an excess of blood? - ANS hope and vigor
Who coined the term homeostasis and fight of flight response - ANS Walter Cannon
What did Cannon's work led too? - ANS -field of psychosomatic medicine
-field of stress research
What is the three-stage process that describes the physiological changes your body goes through when
under stress. - ANS General adaptation syndrome
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