PSY 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Biopsychosocial Model, Health Psychology
25 Jan 2017
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Mindfulness-based meditation and pain: 90 chronic pain patients showed decreases in pain, pain-related emotions and medication use, 21 chronic pain patients in a comparison group did not show these improvements. How might stress reduction and relaxation work to reduce pain: reduce anxiety, reducing muscle tension and diversion of blood flow, mindfulness may change the way you think about your pain. Ways they respond when they become ill: ( health is thought of as soundness and vigor of body and mind, not just the absence of illness or injury) Biopsychosocial model: suggests that links among the nervous system, the immune system, behavioral styles, cognitive processing, and environmental factors can put people at risk for illness, a contrast to the biomedical model. Treatment: harnessing the mind to heal the body, relaxation response, biofeedback, patient adherence. Life change units (lcus: catastrophic and traumatic events. Posttraumatic stress disorder (ptsd: chronic stressors, daily hassles. Pattern of specific and nonspecific responses that disturb equilibrium.
