PSYC 360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Public Health, Biopsychosocial Model, Health Maintenance Organization
4 May 2017
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Rise of the biopsychosocial model (apparently there was lots of notes in this section that. Early evidence that lifestyle & behavior paly a role (alameda county: 7 health habits: never smoking cigarettes, exercising regularly, maintain normal weight, not eating between meals, eating breakfast daily, sleeping 7-8 hours, using alcohol in modality. These were the 7 habits that caused people in this county to live longer. 9 year follow up: look at this slide and write down the bullet points. Advantages if the biopsychosocial model: comprehensiveness: macrolevel and microlevel processes, multiple factors, mind and body are one, both influence health, emphasis on both health and illness. Clinical implications of the biopsychosocial model: the process of diagnosis must consider the interaction of 1 biological, 2 psychological, and 3 social factors, recommendations for treatment must also consider these three factors, therapy is targeted to an individual.
