Stress-Related Disorders

Stress-Related Disorders is organized by Institute for Brain Potential (IBP).

Initial Release Date: 08/29/2022 
Expiration Date: 08/29/2025 

Duration: A 6-Hour Home Study Program for Health Professionals.

Description: 
Chronic stress suppresses the immune system, undermines the vascular system, and impairs the brain. This program focuses on 21st-century discoveries to enable health professionals and educators to
better understand, prevent, and manage stress-related disorders.

Participants completing this 6-hour program should be able to:
• List several regions of the brain that are affected by chronic stress.
• Identify how chronic stress affects the immune system.
• Discuss how stress can impair the cardiovascular system.
• Discuss how stress increases the risk of mood disorders.
• Outline how sleep, pain, and Alzheimer’s disease are related to chronic stress.
• Identify brain-based strategies for enhancing stress resilience

Understanding Stress-Related Disorders
• The Language of Stress-Related Symptoms
• The Double-Edged Sword
• The Cortisol “Worry” Hormone
• Trauma
• Short-Term Memory
• Threat
• Energy Storage
• Reproductive Hormones
• Inflammation
• Autoimmune Disorders and Stress
• Periodontal Disease
• Vascular Inflammation
• Mood Disorders
• Sleep Disorders
• Chronic Pain
• Accelerated Aging
• Alzheimer’s Disease

Using Your Brain to Increase Stress Resilience
• Reframing Threat-Based Beliefs
• Prioritizing Actions
• Reward Substitution
• Social Support  - Why Will Power Is Not Enough
• How The Brain Forms New Habits
• Protecting Short-Term Memory
• Beliefs and Meaning