PSYC 365 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cerebrovascular Disease, Theory Of Reasoned Action, Transtheoretical Model
10 Dec 2015
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Health psychology emerged out of the recognition that there are psychological consequences associated with ill health and physical consequences associated with many psychological disorders. Behavioural medicine - a branch of medicine concerned with the relationship between health and behaviour. Focuses on addressing current behaviour; emphasis on defining symptoms in observable and measurable terms. Health psychology - the application of psychological principles to the diagnosis and treatment of illness as well as to people"s attempts to maintain health and well-being. Maintenance of health as well as treatment of illness. Example: helping someone to restore sense of quality of life after an illness and how this can be achieved (by answering necessary questions and addressing future concerns) Psychosomatic medicine - approach in which a particular medical complaint is viewed as being the result of an underlying chronic emotional conflict that ultimately surfaces in the form of physiological symptoms. Hypertension connected to inability to express feelings of anger in an appropriate manner.
