PSYC1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Social Cognitive Theory, Leptin, Menopause
PSYC1010 lecture week 10 module 4 clinical and health
Health Psychology
*What is health?
-not being ill, an absence of systems but also physical fitness/vitality, health enhancing
behaviours, psychosocial well-being, function, having a positive resource
-a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of
disease of infirmity -WHO
*Health psychology
-study of social, behavioural, cognitive and emotional factors that influence the
maintenance of health, development of illness and disease, course of illness or disease,
patients and failies’ response to illness and disease
*Models of health
-Biomedical: biochemical, reductionist, single-factor, emphasis illness, medically dominant
-Biopsychosocial: complex interaction, holistic, interactive, emphasises health,
multidisciplinary
>iteratio etee iologial, psyhologial ad soial fators of a idiidual’s life
>iteratio is prie deteriat of a idiidual’s urret health status
>biological: genetic predisposition, physiological functioning
>psychological factors: cognition, emotion, personality, motivation
>social: culture, legislation, community, family, education
*Measures of epidemiology
-morbidity: cases of a disease that exist at some point in time
-incidence is new cases
-prevalence is total existing cases
-mortality: number of deaths due to particular causes
*Australia is living longer
-biggest burdens are dementia, diabetes type 2 and obesity (63% adults, 37% of children 5-
14 and 37% young people 15-24)
*Chronic disease
-characterised by ling lasting effect once present we usually live out our lives with it
-mild conditions
e.g. arthritis, asthma, back pain, cancer, cardiovascular, chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease, diabetes, mental health condition
*What is dementia?
-gradual impairment of brain function, skills affected inc. memory, cognition and personality
-diffiult to test, ost ooly Alzheier’s or asular deetia
-affects almost 1 in 10 over 65
-not caused by age but does primarily affect older people
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