PSYC 3390 Chapter 10: Chapter 10.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3390
• Professor: Mary Manson- Hennig

Document Summary

4/1/2012 4:41:00 pm: behavioural medicine- field that focuses on the role that psychological factors play in the occurrence, maintenance, and orevention of medical problems. Take into account biological, psychological, and sociocultural influences: health psychology- psychological subspecialty in behavioural medicine. Deals with diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of the psychological components of medical problems. Used to be called psychosomatic disorders: dsm-iv-tr- mental disorders to a general medical condition . Used when a medical condition has played a direct role in the development of a psychological disorder: eg. Underactive thyroids can cause depression: dsm-iv-tr- psychological factors affecting a medical condition . Psychological factors can play a told in development, aggravation, or maintenance of physical problems. Psychological factors in health and disease: stress response involves biological changes that prepares the organism for a fight or flight reaction. Body metabolizes glucose faster: hypothalamus also secretes hormone called corticotropin releasing hormone (crh) Induces adrenal cortex (outer part of adrenal gland) to produce stress hormones (glucocorticoids)