HSM 330 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Coronary Artery Disease, Degenerative Disease, Coronary Circulation
2 Apr 2013
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Chapter 9 the interface between physical and mental health. Hippocrates developed a system based on the belief that substances called humors influenced both personality and health. Descartes caused dualism that said the mind and the body were separate entities connected through the pineal gland. Psychosomatic illnesses were not real but rather were in a person" head. Health psychology and behavioural medicine are founded on the notion that the mind and the body are intimately connected in a bidirectional or even transactional manner. Bidirectional refers to a reciprocal relationship between physical and psychological health. Transactional refers to a continuous process such as downward spirals are good examples of transactional processes. Person with emphysema may continue to smoke because stimulating effect of nicotine helps to combat the fatigue associated with the disease and because nicotine may combat the depression she or he feels.
