life-threatening health diagnosis
Question
In facing an especially terrible, life-threatening health diagnosis, ___.individuals release high levels
of glucocorticoids if the diagnosis is self-relevant, but not if it is a diagnosis for their child
having a false sense of control regarding the disease is always beneficial
a key to effectively coping with such a diagnosis is to get as much as information about the disease and prognosis as you possibly can immediately after getting the diagnosis
denial can be helpful at first, by decreasing the stress response