PSYC 1F25 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Health Psychology, Immunoglobulin A, Common Cold
11 May 2015
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Science of mental illness: taxonomy and reliable diagnoses (dsm-v) used to diagnose people, measuring fuzzy concepts depression: we all have a different definition about depression. The dsm has specific definitions of each symptom/disease. It"s helped us discover causes mainly biological causes. (lots of disorders are caused by a imbalance of chemicals a biological cause) 1950"s drug revolution: create treatments, assess effectiveness of treatments. What"s not so good about working in the disease model? : victimologists/pathologists, what about the average person, few interventions (besides drugs) The placebo effect: a typical demonstration, double-blind study both people don"t know what it"s about. For ex diabetes study, people are divided into experimental and control group and the experimenters don"t know what group they"re in either. If it"s not real medicine it can be helpful. 70% of people experience meaningful pain relief: the pain relief is real, the body is responding. The mind and the body are very connected.
