PSYC 2280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Endocrine System, Sleep Disorder, Psychosomatic Medicine

• School: University of Windsor
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2280
• Professor: Langton

Document Summary

Clearly physical disorders - have known physical causes and observable physical pathology, as opposed to somat- ic symptom disorders. Study of how psychological and social factors affect physical disorders used to be distinct from psychopathology. Called psychosomatic medicine - psychological factors that affected somatic function: ex. stress, anger, lack of social support. Focus - disorders with known physical causes and observable physical pathology (not somatic symptoms disor- ders) Second revolution in public health - shift in focus from infectious disease to psychological factors. Analyze and recommend improvements to healthcare systems and policy. Psych and social factors influence health in 2 ways: affect basic biological processes that lead to illness and disease, long-standing behaviour patterns may put people at risk of developing certain disorders. Process of sustained stress: alarm response to immediate danger, stage of resistance where we mobilize various coping mechanisms to respond to stress.