PSYC 2301 Chapter Notes -Biopsychosocial Model, Humorism, Traditional Chinese Medicine
8 Sep 2013
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Health psychology: is devoted to understanding psychological influences on how people stay healthy, why they become ill, and how they respond when they do get ill. Health: a complete state of physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity. It is an achievement involving balance among physical, mental, and social well-being. ^two important aspects of the definition: health embraces a state of wellness and is not simply the absence of illness. Health is more than just not being sick. Someone can look great on the outside but they smoke, drink and do not exercise. They may not be sick, but they may not be healthy: health is not something that is just at the physical level of cells, muscles, etc, but also covers mental and social status. There are different parts of health that all interact like physical health and mental health.
