PSY340H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Occupational Health Psychology, Psychosomatic Medicine, Biopsychosocial Model
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Brief history for health psychology: hippocrates: body and mind are a part of the same system, interdependent to each other (father of. Health psychoogy: descartes: body is a physical factor, illness can be diagnosed with the physical factor, not the mind, emphasizing that mind and body is two separate substances. How biological, psychological and environmental factors are involved in the illness and prevention of illness (entire picture when diagnosing an individual) Biopsychosocial vs biomedical (reductionist view- physician detecting cellular level of the illness, not taking into account the psychological wellbeing of the person diagnosed- physical aspect of the patient) Specific descriptor within the broad interdisciplinary field of behavioral medicine. Scientific study of behavior and cognitive process related to the health states. Biologi(cid:272)al (cid:373)e(cid:272)ha(cid:374)is(cid:373)s (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h our life e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)es a(cid:374)d (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior get (cid:862)u(cid:374)der our ski(cid:374)(cid:863) a(cid:374)d i(cid:373)pa(cid:272)t our cells, our immune systems and even gene expression (meditation techniques can changes gene regulation in a patient that suffers with anxiety)
