intro to health psychology (1)

health psychology

the study of how psychological influences contribute to health, illness, and reaction to illness

trephination

holes in the skull treatment for illness caused by evil spirits

four humours theory

greek theory that circulating fluids in the body are balanced in a state of wellness and illness comes from imbalances

personality types

humoral imbalances were also thought to be associated with ________

black bile, yellow bile, blood, phlegm

what are the four humours in the greek theory of illness?

god's punishment

what was the believed cause of illness in the middle ages?

conversion hysteria

the concept that unconscious conflicts produce physical illness

psychosomatic medicine

the model comprising that illness can be caused by psychological distress

dunbar and alexander

who shaped the model of psychosomatic medicine?

behavioural medicine

model that focused on objective and clinically relevant interventions to demonstrate mind-body connection

default state

the biomedical model's view of health

systems theory

all levels of organization within an entity are linked to one another, and change in one level will result in change in the others

acute disorders

short-term illnesses, viral or bacterial

epidemiology

study of the frequency, distribution, and causes of disease based on the physical/social environment

morbidity

number of new cases or total number of cases

mortality

number of deaths due to a particular cause

incidence

number of new cases of a disease

prevalence

total number of cases of a disease