Based on the Chapter on Psychoneuroimmunology, Social Support and Coping. Sasha lives an active social life and enjoys several intimate relationships. As she does extremely well with both studies and work, when her friends suggest to her that she should slow her pace down and live more conservatively, she tells them she has no reason to do so. One day, Sasha falls ill and her diagnosis of breast cancer gives her such a shock that she falls headlong into a deep depression and does not make any moves to arrange a treatment plan or to help herself in any way. This leaves her family and friends extremely worried and they do not know what to do. Sasha is not listening to anybody. On the other hand, Randy has been a depressed alcoholic since he was about 12 years old, due to having several heavy drinkers in his family and also due to the fact that he lives in a neighborhood of extreme gang violence and drug use where alcoholism is normalized. Randy contracts HIV and is devastated by his diagnosis but he suddenly springs into action, determined not to let any more of his life go to waste and he plans an active health campaign for himself. Question: Given the profiles of Sasha and Randy(both 25 years old), please offer an explanation as to why you think each of them responded as they did to their health conditions. Describe what interventions you would prescribe and outcomes they potentially face. Use concepts from our studies like: • In relationship to Sasha and Randy, what causes stress, and why do some people perceive and manage stress quite differently than others? • What is coping, and how do different people manage the discrepancy between demands and resources? • Are relationships and communities always supportive in positive ways, or are there instances when family involvement makes a crisis worse? • Consider whether dependence upon family and friends is better than independence in the case of illness. • Which of our patients (Sasha or Randy) is actively coping as opposing to coping by avoidance? • Are Sasha and Randy also vulnerable to mental health issues because of their medical conditions? How dostresses to their nervous, endocrine and immune systems impact their mental health? • Please describe a treatment approach that considers as many variables as possible to ensure their healing on medical, psychological and social terms.

Based on the Chapter on Psychoneuroimmunology, Social Support and Coping. Sasha lives an active social life and enjoys several intimate relationships. As she does extremely well with both studies and work, when her friends suggest to her that she should slow her pace down and live more conservatively, she tells them she has no reason to do so. One day, Sasha falls ill and her diagnosis of breast cancer gives her such a shock that she falls headlong into a deep depression and does not make any moves to arrange a treatment plan or to help herself in any way. This leaves her family and friends extremely worried and they do not know what to do. Sasha is not listening to anybody. On the other hand, Randy has been a depressed alcoholic since he was about 12 years old, due to having several heavy drinkers in his family and also due to the fact that he lives in a neighborhood of extreme gang violence and drug use where alcoholism is normalized. Randy contracts HIV and is devastated by his diagnosis but he suddenly springs into action, determined not to let any more of his life go to waste and he plans an active health campaign for himself. Question: Given the profiles of Sasha and Randy(both 25 years old), please offer an explanation as to why you think each of them responded as they did to their health conditions. Describe what interventions you would prescribe and outcomes they potentially face. Use concepts from our studies like: • In relationship to Sasha and Randy, what causes stress, and why do some people perceive and manage stress quite differently than others? • What is coping, and how do different people manage the discrepancy between demands and resources? • Are relationships and communities always supportive in positive ways, or are there instances when family involvement makes a crisis worse? • Consider whether dependence upon family and friends is better than independence in the case of illness. • Which of our patients (Sasha or Randy) is actively coping as opposing to coping by avoidance? • Are Sasha and Randy also vulnerable to mental health issues because of their medical conditions? How dostresses to their nervous, endocrine and immune systems impact their mental health? • Please describe a treatment approach that considers as many variables as possible to ensure their healing on medical, psychological and social terms.

Ciccarelli: Psychology_5 (5th Edition)

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Based on the Chapter on Psychoneuroimmunology, Social Support and Coping.

Sasha lives an active social life and enjoys several intimate relationships. As she does extremely well with both studies and work, when her friends suggest to her that she should slow her pace down and live more conservatively, she tells them she has no reason to do so. One day, Sasha falls ill and her diagnosis of breast cancer gives her such a shock that she falls headlong into a deep depression and does not make any moves to arrange a treatment plan or to help herself in any way. This leaves her family and friends extremely worried and they do not know what to do. Sasha is not listening to anybody.

On the other hand, Randy has been a depressed alcoholic since he was about 12 years old, due to having several heavy drinkers in his family and also due to the fact that he lives in a neighborhood of extreme gang violence and drug use where alcoholism is normalized. Randy contracts HIV and is devastated by his diagnosis but he suddenly springs into action, determined not to let any more of his life go to waste and he plans an active health campaign for himself.

Question: Given the profiles of Sasha and Randy(both 25 years old), please offer an explanation as to why you think each of them responded as they did to their health conditions. Describe what interventions you would prescribe and outcomes they potentially face.

Use concepts from our studies like:

• In relationship to Sasha and Randy, what causes stress, and why do some people perceive and manage stress quite differently than others?

• What is coping, and how do different people manage the discrepancy between demands and resources?

• Are relationships and communities always supportive in positive ways, or are there instances when family involvement makes a crisis worse?

• Consider whether dependence upon family and friends is better than independence in the case of illness.

• Which of our patients (Sasha or Randy) is actively coping as opposing to coping by avoidance?

• Are Sasha and Randy also vulnerable to mental health issues because of their medical conditions? How dostresses to their nervous, endocrine and immune systems impact their mental health?

• Please describe a treatment approach that considers as many variables as possible to ensure their healing on medical, psychological and social terms.

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