PSYC 3170 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Humorism, Trepanning, Pineal Gland

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3170
• Professor: Krista Trobst

Document Summary

Health: absence of objective signs that the body is not functioning properly such as high blood pressure or subjective symptoms of disease or injury such as pain or nausea: an illness/wellness continuum. Health and sickness are not entirely separate concepts, they overlap. Aaron antonovksy"s illness/wellness continuum: death at one end and optimal wellness at the other. Major disability from illness < symptoms and minor disability < worse than average signs (increasing illness) Average signs > healthful signs and lifestyle > very healthful signs and lifestyles. Health: a positive state of physical, mental, and social well being, not simply the absence of injury or disease: illness today and in the past. People in canada and other developed, industrialized nations live longer on average than they did in the past. During the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, people in north america suffered and died from dietary illness and infectious illness. Dietary diseases: result from malnutrition such as lack of vitamin b.