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psychobiology
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psychobiology [¦sī·kō·bī′äl·ə·jē]
(psychology)
The school of psychiatry and psychology in which the individual is considered as the sum of his environment as well as being considered a physical organism.


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Individual women may react differently to shorter sleep duration and lower sleep efficiency during the postpartum period, and that the sleep of women with a history of depression may be more sensitive to the psychobiological (hormonal, immunological, psychological and social) changes associated with childbirth.
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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Historical Trauma Historical trauma disrupts the psychobiological rhythms of the individual and the community, and results in adrenal stress and the inability to metabolize glucose.
 
 
 
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