PS285 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Coronary Artery Disease, Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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Chronic illness: cancer: often called a lifestyle disease, 2/3 of cancer deaths associated with lifestyle factors. Inflammatory bowel disease (ibd: psychological impact, embarrassment, stigma, social isolation, affects a person"s self-concept, body image, sexuality, and lifestyle, particularly difficult for children and young adults. Key questions regarding psychology and chronic illness: do psychological states and treatment influence, disease progress, psychological well-being, health related behaviors. **don"t need to know specific of slides above; mainly a demonstration to show how chronic illness and psychology are intertwined: cognitive-behavioral interventions often used in addition to anti-inflammatory meds and. Social support: enhancement of perceived self-efficacy, optimism, relearning meaning of pain. The effects of the intervention on survival were not statistically significant: spouse anxiety, depression and perceived control were correlated with patient psychosocial adjustment to illness even when patient anxiety and depression were kept constant (moser & dracup) Anxiety, pain, distress: psychological research can also improve our understanding of how to promote health improve behaviors.
