Unit 2 Stress management
Stress management including pyschological methods (SIT and hardiness training) and biological methods (beta-blockers and benzodiazapine)
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- Created on: 16-05-13 14:00
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- Stress managment
- Biological methods
- Benzodiazepines (BZs)
- Reduces increased serotonin which reduces anxiety
- GABA - Natural form of anxiety relief
- BZs stimulate GABA production GABA locks on to neuro receptors which opens up the chloride channels making the neuron less receptive to other neurotransmiters making the person feel relaxed.
- Beta-Blockers (BBs)
- How do they work?
- They reduce the activity of adrenaline and nor-adrenaline By binding to the beta receptors on cells that are stimulated by sympathic arousal such as the heart
- What do they achieve?
- By blocking these recptors they cause the reverse of stress hormones eg. slowing down the heart
- How do they work?
- Benzodiazepines (BZs)
- Psychological methods
- Hardiness Training
- Procedure
- Focusing - The client is taught to recognize the biological signs of stress and identify the the source.
- Reliving stress - The client relives stress encounters and is helped to analyse these situations.
- Self improvement - with the insight gained from reliving the stress encounters new techniques are to the client.and they are also taught to see stressors as challenges to to overcome
- Evaluation
- student support services at Utah state college give hardiness training to their high risk students and they say it helps to keep students in college.
- Very lengthy process
- Its very difficult to change someones personality so isn't 100% effective
- Procedure
- Stress inoculation therapy
- Procedure
- Skills aquisition
- Coping skills are taught and practiced initially in the clinic. The skills are tailored to every individual, some examples are; relaxation and positive thinking
- Conseptualisation
- Application
- Patients are given opportunities to use the new coping skills in a range of situations.
- Skills aquisition
- Evaluation
- Deals with present stress but also inoculates people from future stressors.
- Time consuming
- High motivation, effort, and money needed
- Procedure
- Hardiness Training
- Biological methods
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