Stress and Vulnerability to Disease

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Across
  1. 2. The more psychological trauma people experience, the more their bodies generate
  2. 3. cancer producing substances
  3. 5. the body’s adaptive response to threats; arousal of sympathetic nervous system
  4. 7. the study of how psychological, neural, and endocrine processes together affect the immune system and resulting health.
  5. 8. a subfield of psychology that provides psychology’s contribution to behavioral medicine.
  6. 9. heal more slowly in stressed people
  7. 10. attack cancer cells, viruses, and foreign substances
  8. 11. the best ways to manage it include allowing yourself to calm down, finding a healthy distraction or support, and distancing yourself
  9. 13. Emotional release
  10. 14. (NK cells) which attack diseased cells
  11. 15. identify, pursue, and ingest harmful invaders and worn-out cells
Down
  1. 1. directly correlated with increased risk of heart disease
  2. 4. The clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscle; the leading cause of death in many developed countries.
  3. 6. release antibodies that fight bacterial infections
  4. 9. Does not create cancer cells but can increase likelihood of cancer
  5. 12. Not all studies, however, have found a link between stress and human _____