PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Middle Ages, Psychosomatic Medicine, Genetic Counseling

• School: UTSC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYA02H3
• Professor: Dwayne Pare

Document Summary

Lec 16: march 7, 2016 health psychology. Health: absence of disease, but may be viewed as an illness/wellness continuum (popular definition) Health: complete state of physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease of infirmity (who) Illness/wellness continuum (illness health midpoint wellness) same as (premature death absence of disease optimum health) Chronic long-lasting: etiology beyond individual control, etiology partly influenced by behaviour. Health behaviours (activities to prevent or detect disease) Change 5 behaviours to reduce 7 leading causes of death. Vs. other health-related disciplines such as medical psych, psychosomatic medicine, etc. Ancient times and middle ages beliefs that spiritual disturbances caused disease. Greek medicine and advent of renaissance focus on physical causes for disease. Scientific advances in microscopy and human anatomy further advanced medicine. Psychanalytic case studied revealed how anxiety and unconscious personality conflicts can manifest as physical symptoms. Psychosomatic medicine - focused on disease-prone personality types.