PY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Body Mass Index, Health Psychology, Cardiovascular Disease
14 Jan 2017
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Our behaviors and attitudes are critical in keeping us healthy, helping us regain health following illness, and helping us achieve well-being. Health psychology: an area of study that integrates research on health and on psychology to promote health and well-being. Well-being: a positive state that includes striving for optimal health and life satisfaction. Do the events in our life reach our dopamines. We are hardwired to seek out desired events. Integrates the effects of biological, behavioral, and social factors on health and illness. Contrasts with the traditional medical model that views the individual as passive recipient of both disease and treatment. Number of deaths for leading causes of death (2014: heart disease: 614,348, cancer: 591,699, chronic lower respiratory diseases: 147,101, accidents: 136,053, the top 10 can be linked to behavior and choice decision, which can be prevented. Behavior contributes to the leading causes of death.
