PSYC 3170 Lecture 6: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY LECTURE 6.pdf
2 Feb 2013
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The psychology of getting sick and then getting help. Perceiving and interpreting symptoms: those high in it go to the doctor more often and therefore get their blood pressure done hypertensive. all the time. Heart rate could be average for instance but to them they perceive it as racing. Example: nervous system may be more hyper aroused and returns to a normal rate more slowly could be biological differences. Many ways for stress signs to come across as illness: this is intuitive even without the scientific studies, physicians are still biased by thinking in biomedical terms. Practitioner you want people to self-monitor which is good but the problem could be that people have the wrong or misinterpreted information. Important**: mind-body connection, explanations, adherence to placebo makes the difference. A therapy where you interviewed them, had face to face contact, someone listening to the other, and the therapist does nothing related to motivation, just a simple interview with questions (psychotherapy placebo).
