PSY333H1 Lecture Notes - Anorexia Nervosa, Communication Problems, Coronary Artery Disease
Document Summary
Until recently psychologists have dealt almost exclusively with the mind. Health psychology chapter summaries applied to the arena of health. The definition of health is important to defining health psychology. Health is a complete state of physical, mental and social well-being; it is not simply the absence of illness or disease. Health psychologists are devoted to promoting health, preventing illness, and identifying correlates and predictors of health, illness and dysfunction. It has long been believed that emotions and mental status interact with physical health. Hippocrates wrote about the physician"s demeanour as it affects the patient"s will to live. Osler instructed medical students to listen to the patient to find the proper diagnosis. The focus of this book is primarily on individuals in the context of health, illness and the experience of medical care. There are many intricacies associated with research, particularly in health psychology.
