PSY333H5 Lecture 3: Health prevention
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Psy333: health psychology: september 25, 2017: lecture 3: prevention of illness and health promotion intervention. Ns: cns vs. pns: cns: brain and spinal cords. Limbic system regulates emotion: pns: somatic ns vs. autonomic na, autonomic ns: sympathetic vs. parasympathetic ns. Cardiovascular system (https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=1qzthtqlxu4: women tends to be more stressed than men. Know the general systems from last week: but basically stress affects our health negatively by chronic stress, as cortisol is released which suppresses the immune system which allocates the others functions to fight the stress. Health care system: consists of people and actions whose primary purpose is to improve health (who, 2000) i. e. physicians, nurses, paramedics, psychiatrists. Types of health care systems: social health insurance. Government regulated: people have to buy their insurance, but the government determines what they get. For the unemployed the government funds them: the go(cid:448)er(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t does(cid:374)"t pay for pres(cid:272)riptio(cid:374)s. Austria, belgium, france and germany: national health system.
