health psych

what is health USA DEF

what is health USA DEF

absence of disease

world help organization definition for health

state of complete physical, mental and social well being

what is meant by transmitting norms?

whats acceptable vs whats not

dimensions of culture include..?

ethnicity, beliefs, and religion

why is america multicultural

due to race, religion, ethnicity

higher income on SES

more finaicial resources

lower income on SES

less access to quality health care and insurance

examples of low SES

incidence of disease, neighborhood

biological sex

women live longer, report more symptoms and seek out health care more than men

social network effects

how do these connections affect your?

biospsychsocial approach includes:

biology/physiology, psych, society/culture

evolution of health psych

emerged when deaths from chronic illness

conversion disorders

a psychiatric disorder characterized by symptoms affecting sensory or motor function.

example of conversion disorder

hysterical blindness and glove anesthesia

franz alexander and Helen Flanders Dunbar

psychosomatic medicine

medical anthropology

aims to improve public health in poor nations; put health+ medicine in cultural context

medical sociology

study of role culture and environment of health

epidemology

studies frequency, distribution and causes of disease

mortality

number of deaths relate to specific cause

morbidity

number of causes of a disease that exist at a given point

3 main studies of health psych

stress/coping, health behaviors, issues in healthcare

most common approach to medicine

western biomedicine

another name for western biomedicine

modern medicine or conventional medicine

what does western biomedicine use

technology and complex procedures

who does western biomedicine consider its “father”

hippocrates

when did harvey describe blood circulation due to microscopes

1628

who proves viruses and bacteria cause disease

Pasteur

who discovered x rays i n 1885

roentegn

what were the 20th century advancements

MRI and CAT scans

surgery

first practiced 6000 yrs ago

medicine

purified chemical substance

what is western biomedicine characterized by

technology and pharmacology

Ayurveda elements of indian medicine include

pitta, vatta, kapha influence

Vata

directs nerve impulse, circulation, respiration and elimination

Pitta

handles metabolism in organs, tissues, and cells

KAPHA

handles body growth, influence body type characteristics

what is Ayurveda

traditional indian medicine

what is curanderismo

latin american folk medicine

curanderismo relies heavily on?

patients father and belief system

what types of things does curanderismo medicine use

everyday herbs, fruits, eggs and oils

2 sources of curanderismo medicine

natural and supernatural

what are the supernatural diseases cured by

supernatural forces (e.g faith/appeal in god)

treatments of curanderismo

sweat lodge and medicine wheel

sweat lodge

sweat purifies those present or is dedicated to someone w terminal illness

what is done before sweat lodge

attendees tie prayer strings and pouches w color that represent a type of spirit

what do the pouches from sweat lodge contain?

sacred tobacco

what do African American folk medicine use?

herbal and the inyanga(herbalist)

what does one go to sangoma

for bewitchments and personal issues to communicate w spirits

methods at the sangoma

throwing bones and going into trance

what does gullah culture include

herbalism, spiritualism, and black magic

traditional chinese medicine has how many organs and pairs

10 vital organs and 5 piars

what does a balanced yin and yang organ mean

healthy person

what does a unbalanced yin and yang organ mean

sick person

what are the 5 active forces of chinese medicine

wood, fire, earth, metal, and water

what does each chinese active force have?

season, organ, food, and characteristics

liver

wood, spring, gallbladder, wind, green

heart

fire, summer, small intestine, heat, red

spleen

earth, late summer, stomach, damp, yellow

lungs

metal, autumn,large intestine, dry, white

kidneys

water, winter, urinary bladder, cold, black

how many meridians does Qi flow through

12

what does a blocked meridian mean

illness

key role in prenatal period

genetic inheritance

what is the only sense to develop before birth

hearing

percentage of miscarriage in prenatal period

15-20%

what is development influenced by?

mothers physiological state and social context

when does the nervous system increase rapidly

infant and early childhood

2 parts of nervous system

central and peripherial

2 main parts of central nervous system

brain and spinal cord

3 parts of brain

hind brain, midbrain, forebrain

what does the forebrain include

hypothalamus, thalamus, hippocampus, cortex

what does the endocrine system do

secrete hormones into bloodstream

what is endocrine system regulated by

hypothalamus and pituitary gland

examples of steriods

estrogen, testosterone

examples of non-steriods

epinephrine, insulin

what is ischemia

limited blood flow

what is angina pectoris

chest pain, mimic symptoms of heart attack

what is myocardial infraction

cardiac arrest- heart stops functioning. Abnormal heart rhythm