Psychology 2990A/B Lecture Notes - Abusive Power And Control, Health Psychology, Sunscreen

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2990A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Psychology in health: healthy beliefs, changing unhealthy behaviors, knowing that we are ill, patient-provider communication. 1900 acute infectious diseases in america eg: influenza. Today few ppl in america die from these diseases. Better personal hygiene, wash our hands better, bathe more. So if you get infected, you can just go to the doc and be treated. Leading causes of death in north america today. Aka chronic diseases, b/c they develop slowly; no effective cure; live with them for long time. Most of them are preventable disease (stem from unhealthy behaviors that can be changed) Quit smoking!! (implicated in all three causes) 25% of all deaths from cancer can be prevented if ppl quit smoking. 30% of all deaths could be prevented if ppl stopped smoking and eat healthy. 50% of deaths could be prevented if they didn"t drink and drive, wore seatbelts and didn"t speed. Regular exercise; limit alcohol, use sunscreen, early testing eg: breast cancer.