PS285 Lecture Notes - Homeostasis, Biostatistics, Lead Poisoning
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Evolving view of diseases: germ theory disease, magic bullet health, biopsychosocial model, discovery that particles in the air that could not be seen (ex. Bacteria) could cause: a specific cure could be found for every ailment that restore the person to perfect, mind, body, and environment interact in causing disease. The patient, though his condition is perilous, may recover his health simply through his contentment with the goodness of his physician (hippocrates: health psychology research articles. 1970"s was a decade of great progress: division of health psychology in apa, 1978. Devoted to promoting health maintenance and illness prevention. 1990"s field of psychoneuroimmunology: combines behavioural science, immunology and neuroscience. Why health psychology: shift to causes of death where behavioural pathogens are a primary source, estimated contributions of different factors to health status (in table below) Personal responsibility: nanny state vs. social responsibility, trends in adolescent health-related behaviours that show stable or improving patterns of.
