PSYCH 13 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Chronic Kidney Disease, Musculoskeletal Disorder, Health Psychology
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Chronic disease accounts for 90% of all deaths in australia. Most common chronic diseases are: cardiovascular conditions, cancers, many mental disorders, diabetes, respiratory diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, chronic kidney disease and oral diseases. Responsible for 86% of total years people spend in disability or illness. Health psychology: the application of psychology to the promotion of physical health and the prevention and treatment of illness. Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Understanding links between psychology, social context, biology and health. Improving coping and quality of life in people with illness. Stimulus: a demand in the environment; focuses on types of stressful events. Response: a generalised, physiological response to a demand, defines stress in terms of bodily responses. Stimulus-response process: a person-environment" transaction, focuses on a combination of psychological and physiological factors. Stress as a stimulus: measures events that often lead to stress:
