PSY333H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Weight Loss, Human Behavior, Insulin Pump
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Psy333: health psychology: september 11, 2017: lecture 1: introduction. Hippocrates (460-377 bc: believed the mind and the body is the same system and it depends on each other and to diagnose health issues we need to address both parts. Descartes (1596-165: cartesian dualism: mind and the body are 2 different systems and that we need to diagnose the body issues as issues with the body, and the mind issues are outside of the body. Johann christian august heinroth: psychosomatic illnesses: a physical illness caused by psychological issues. Bejamin rush: father of modern psychiatry. From psychodynamic theory and psychoanalysis to biopsychosocial model: freud used the psychoanalysis theory i. e. the inkblot test, george engel, avid supporter of the biopsychosocial model. Apa created a health psychology division within behavioral medicine in 1978. Understanding how biological, psychological and environmental factors are involved in health and the prevention of illnesses: looking at all the variables leading to the issue, rather than one specific perspective.
