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What is Health - ANS>>A state of complete well-being ; including physical, emotional and
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social well being
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Psychology - ANS>>the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
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what is health Psychology - ANS>>the scientific study of how health and psychology intersect
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Matarazzo 1980 - ANS>>health psychology is the aggregate of the specific contributions of the
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discipline of psychology to:
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1. Promote and maintain health
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2. prevent and treat illness
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3. Identify causes and diagnostic correlates of health, illness and dysfunctions
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The biopsycholosocial model (Engel, 1977) - ANS>>Health is best understood from biological,
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psychological and social perspectives ; rather a purely biological perspective
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The mind-body connection - ANS>>Inherent to the biopsychosocial model is an assumption of
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a complex mind-body relationship
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The medical renaissance - ANS>>- attempts were made to break away from past superstitions
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-paved the way for modern physicians
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-physicians healed body, physical evidence was sole basis for diagnosis
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Cartesian Dualism - ANS>>-Rene decartes vv vv vv vv vv




- Mind and body are made of distinct substances and exist independently
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Key Historical Developments - ANS>>-18th to 19th century, germ theory was developed ;
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microrganism identified as causes of disease
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-20th century penicillin the first true antibiotic was discovered by Fleming (1928)
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Biomedical Reductionism - ANS>>Every disease could be explained in terms of an underlying
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deviation from normal function ; pathogen, genetics, or developmental injury
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Changing Patterns of illness in History - ANS>>Advances in technology and medicine the
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prevalent causes of death shifted from acute diseases, to chronic conditions
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Variation in Causes of Death - ANS>>Variation can be due to:
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- Age groups being more susceptible to different illnesses, including injuries
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Life expectancy and Birth Mortality Trends - ANS>>Life expectancy in Canada from 1921-2011
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has steadily increased, while infant mortality rates have decreased
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The Need for a new model with changing causes of Death - ANS>>- There is a lack of cures
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and fixes of new chronic conditions
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-limited success of biopyschosocial model
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Examples of Biology in The BPS Model - ANS>>Genetics, Anatomy, age, immune function ,
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cells
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Examples of Psychology in BPS model - ANS>>Self-efficacy, Diet and exercise, coping skills,
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risky behaviours
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Social Factors in BPS Model - ANS>>Gender, SES, culture, race, social support
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Criticism of BPS Model - ANS>>-Unclear boundaries between groups causing difficulty defining
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their relationships
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-Too inclusive approach
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-Adoption of model is limited by physicians knowledge
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The Lifespan perspective - ANS>>characteristics of a person are considered with respect to
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their prior development, current level, and likely development in the future
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An Interplay of Systems (holistic BPS) - ANS>>Must consider factors such as:
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- huge importance of context and how each system plays a role in relation to other's
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disease - ANS>>an abnormal condition affecting an organism (influenza, heart disease etc)
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illness - ANS>>feelings that might come with having a disease, and is the reason people seek
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care (weakness, pain etc)
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disorder - ANS>>An abnormality of function; due to genetic abnormalities, stressors, etc
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Syndrome - ANS>>A set of symptoms and conditions that occur together and suggest the
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presence of a certain disease (AIDS etc)
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Epigenetics - ANS>>process in which chemical structures within or around the DNA govern
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how, when and how much a gene acts
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