PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Psychosomatic Medicine, Degenerative Disease, Biomedical Model
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Health is propularly defined in terms of absence of disease, but may be viewed as an illness/wellness continuum. The who defines health as :a complete state of physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Prof: biomedical model = absence of disease/ optimum health includes all 3 in a row. Acute conditions = short-lived (etiology beyond individual control) Chronic conditions = long-lasting (etiology-partly influenced by behavior) Aging population (risk factor for degenerative disease) Health behaviors (activities to prevent or detect disease) Estimated contribution of behavior, medical care, genetics and other factors to health status. Behavior 40%, changing into positive can change youy health for good. Other factors- 30%, thing we don"t know, contribute little. Biomedical model (historically, dominant paradigm; suggests illness is a function of aberrant somatic processes; main focus= cure (biological and medicine)) The aggregate of the specific educational, scientific and professional contributions of the discipline of psychology to .
