PSY 3171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Endocrine System, Biopsychosocial Model, Stress Management
14 Mar 2019
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
The human mind in uences health which led to the use of the biopsychosocial model: holistic approach used by aboriginal people. There are many physical aliments caused by stress and anxiety that have no organic cause, have an organic cause or in uence the immune system. The immune system is the target of research: look at things that are hard-wired or have a wet connection (endocrine system, bio feedback supply info on bio functions to allow us to alter it. Stress: stressors can come from physical or social environments, or change in the norm, stress increases the chance of illness, ex: aids epidemic caused by behaviour (risky behaviour) Many of these disorders were thought to only have a bio component only, but this is not true. Psychological processes can have an impact on bodily states, even to the extent of producing physical diseases. Now, there is health psychology and behavioural medicine that account for this.
