PSY340H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Hans Selye, Herpes Labialis, Pathogenic Bacteria
Document Summary
We will be discussing psychological issues that can cause physiological damage. These psychological issues can cause physiological damage, example ulcer which is caused indirectly by stress due to slow immune system: bacterial infection: under stress the immune system is compromised. This is the fastest growing area of psychology health psychology: every hospital has a health psychologist, the idea that mental health affects physical health, mental health can lead to physical dysfunction. Happens as a result of stress, it is a psychological factor leading to a physical condition. Common example: getting sick around exam period. The integration of psychology and medicine: how you think and how you behave and physiological health. Health psychology is a subfield of psychology that is concerned with how psychological and social variables affect health and illness. Health psychologists develop programs to reduce the levels of risk factors related to diseases.
