Thus, researchers are unclear whether and to what extent elevated CRP levels are associated with psychological distress and depression in the general population. C-reactive protein (CRP) is a commonly used marker of inflammatory disease when CRP levels exceed 10 mg/L.
General Adaptation Syndrome. Selye defined stress as: âStress is the nonspecific response of the body to any demand, whether it is caused by, or results in, pleasant or unpleasant conditions.â. Selye identified three stages of adaptation which a person goes through in his General Adaptation Syndrome in 1936.ans Selye is often considered one of the early pioneers of modern stress theory.
Seligmanâs Theory of Learned Helplessness and Long-Term Depression. An example of faulty conditioning is long term depression, a syndrome which American psychologist Martin Seligman has termed âlearned helplessnessâ. He discovered the phenomenon in an unexpected fashion.