HLSC 2P49 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Theory Of Planned Behavior, Breast Cancer, Toxicodendron Radicans
24 Jan 2017
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Understanding psychological influences on how people stay healthy, why they become ill and how they respond when they are ill. Health psychologists study issues and promote interventions to help people get well and stay well. Recognizing to be an achievement involving balance among physical, mental and social well-being. Many use wellness to refer to this optimum state of health. Smoking, alcohol: impact of health institutions and health professionals on people"s behaviour. Overall goal: focus on understanding behavioural factors involved in health, and how to change these behaviours. Called modifiable behaviours: can confer resilience and risk. Historically: debate as to whether mind and body are two separate systems or one. Ancient history: clear we have come full circle. Earliest times, mind and body were considered a unit. Evil spirits entered the body and caused disease. Stone age skulls were found with small holes in them that were intentionally put into them by a shaman to allow the evil spirits to leave.
