AP Notes, Outlines, Study Guides, Vocabulary, Practice Exams and more!

Chapter 5 and Chapter 6: Anxiety Disorders

Wait just a minute here...

In order to access these resources, you will need to sign in or register for the website (takes literally 1 minute!) and contribute 10 documents to the CourseNotes library. Until you contribute 10 documents, you'll only be able to view the titles and some teaser text of the uploaded documents. There are 100,000+ essays, DBQs, study guides, practice tests, etc. that are only available to members that contribute. So what are you waiting for?

Get started right now!

Subject: 
Psychology
Rating: 
0
No votes yet
Tags: 
Psychiatry
Abnormal Psychology
Mental health
Anxiety disorders
Anxiety
Fear
Childhood psychiatric disorders
Phobia
Obsessive–compulsive disorder
Avoidant personality disorder
Stress
Selective mutism
health
Human development
behavior
Interpersonal relationships
Love
Psychoanalysis
Human behavior
Attachment theory
Personal life
Technology

Anxiety Disorders & Responses to Stress Stress & Illness Stress and the endocrine system Stress affects the endocrine system (glands that release hormones into blood) releases ACTH, stimulates cortical steroids Chronic stress can damage bodily systems Stress and the immune system Chronic stress increases levels of interleukin-6, linked to inflammation Social support and expressing emotion through writing can help Acculturative Stress Acculturation The process of adaptation by which immigrants, native groups, and ethnic minority groups adjust to the new culture or majority culture through making behavioral and attitudinal changes Acculturative stress Pressure that results from demands placed on these groups to adjust to life in mainstream culture

Need Help?

We hope your visit has been a productive one. If you're having any problems, or would like to give some feedback, we'd love to hear from you.

For general help, questions, and suggestions, try our dedicated support forums.

If you need to contact the Course-Notes.Org web experience team, please use our contact form.

Need Notes?

While we strive to provide the most comprehensive notes for as many high school textbooks as possible, there are certainly going to be some that we miss. Drop us a note and let us know which textbooks you need. Be sure to include which edition of the textbook you are using! If we see enough demand, we'll do whatever we can to get those notes up on the site for you!