biopsychosoical model of health - ANSWER-- theoretical construct that elaborates on WHO
definition of health
- person's health status is determined by interplay of person's status in following domains:
1. biological
2. psychological
3. social environment
health - ANSWER-- defined by WHO
- a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity
main domains of emotional intelligence - ANSWER-1. knowing ones emotions
2. managing emotions
3. motivating oneself
4. recognizing emotions in others
5. handling relationships
knowing ones emotions - ANSWER-- main domain of emotional intelligence
- self awareness
- recognizing a feeling as it happens
- keystone of emotional intelligence
,managing emotions - ANSWER-- main domain of emotional intelligence
- handle feelings appropriately
motivating oneself - ANSWER-- main domain of emotional intelligence
- delaying gratification
- stifiling impulsveness
- marshal emotions in service of a goal
recognizing emotions in others - ANSWER-- main domain of emotional intelligence
- empathy
- fundamental people skill
- altruism: attuned to other's needs
handling relationships - ANSWER-- main domain of emotional intelligence
- managing emotions
- social competence
- undergirds interpersonal effectiveness
mind and medicine - ANSWER-- emotional state can play a significant role
- medical care too often lacks emotional intelligence
- effectiveness in prevention and tx are enhanced by treating people's emotional state /
intervention when indicated
- treat the:
1. disease --> medical disorder
2. illness --> pt's experience of disease
,immune system - ANSWER-- the body's brain
- defines the body's sense of self / what belongs and does not belong within it
- immune cells contact every other cell
- immune cells attack what does not belong / ex. bacteria, virus, cancer
- or misidentifies (autoimmune disease) / ex. allergy, Lupus
toxic emotions - ANSWER-- anger / hostility
- anxiety / stress
- depression
anger and heart disease - ANSWER-- large network of evidence points to the power of anger to
damage the heart
- hostility increases risk
- being prone to anger is strong predictor of dying young than
- (+) correlation btwn hostility test scores and severity of coronary artery disease
- each episode of anger increases HR and BP
- particularly lethal in those heart disease
elements of emotional intelligence related to anger and heart disease - ANSWER-- mindfulness
of when anger stirs
- regulate anger, substitute reasonable thoughts
- empathy, a balm for anger
anxiety, sickness, and recovery - ANSWER-- anxiety: distress evoked by life's pressures
- emotion /c greatest wt of evidence for:
1. onset of sickness
, 2. course of recovery
- evolutionary anxiety: helps prepare to deal /c danger
- modern life anxiety:
1. out of proportion
2. out of place
- anxiety and stress exacerbate medical problems
compromised immune function - ANSWER-- related to stress-disease link
- speeds metastasis of cancer
- increased vulnerability to viral infections
- exacerbates plaque formation leading to myocardial infarction
- accelerates onset of Type 1 and 2 diabetes
- triggers asthma attack
compromised GI tract - ANSWER-- related to stress-disease link
- ulcers
- ulcerative colitis
- inflammatory bowel disease
compromised brain function - ANSWER-- related to stress-disease link
- hippocampal damage
- memory
- nervous system is subject to wear and tear as result of stressful experiences
stress and immune system - ANSWER-- people systemically exposed to cold virus
- monitored stress levels: