HLSC 2P49 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Etiology, Sigmund Freud, Psychosomatic Medicine
17 Sep 2013
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Lecture 1 chapter summary and key terms (chapter 1 and p. 256-260) Health psychology devoted to understanding psychological influences on how people stay healthy, why they become ill, and how they respond when they do get ill. W. h. o definition of health: a complete state of physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity 1948. Etiology refers to the origins or cause of illness. Sigmund freud conversion hysteria patient converts the conflict into a syndrome via the voluntary nervous system. Dunbar and alexander psychosomatic medicine bodily disorders that are caused by emotional conflicts such as ulcers, hypothyroidism, arthritis, and asthma. Behavioral medicine objective and clinically relevant interventions that would demonstrate the connections between body and mind. Acute disorders short term medical illnesses, often the result of a viral or bacterial invader and usually amenable to cure.
