PSYC 3480 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11&14: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Menstrual Cycle, Vaginal Lubrication
5 Apr 2012
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Health psychology: area of psychology that focuses on the causes of illness, the treatment of illness, illness prevention, and health improvement. Three (3) major reasons why these health problems are important (1) gender makes a difference in the health problems people experience, an example is how women worry about ovarian cancer but not prostate. Osteoporosis a primarily women"s disease is now receiving more attention then before. (3) illness is an important part of many women"s experiences, chronic health problems: long-lasting illness that cannot be completely cured (70% of deaths each year). The health care and health status of women. Physician-patient communication patterns often make women feel relatively powerless, women often feel male physicians are not listening to them, and they feel interrupted. Women also visit the doctor more frequently, and are more sensitive to internal signals about health. Women are more prone to this and are more likely to have obesity, anemia, and respiratory illness.
