PSY 401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Herbalism, Acupuncture, Headache
27 Jun 2018
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Introduction to Health Psychology Ch. 1
What is Health?
Health and Illness
•Health: a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
-psychical health
-psychological health
-social health
•Health disparities
-preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury violence,
or opportunities to achieve optimal health that are experienced by
socially disadvantaged populations.
*Socially disadvantaged populations: rural areas, LGBTQA+,
low income bracket, minority groups
Case Study
•20 years old
•College student
•Went to pcp for following concerns
-headache
-shortness of breath
-difficulty sleeping
-racing heart
-doctor noticed frightened affect
The History of Health Psychology
Ancient View of Health
•Prehistoric Medicine
-Illness caused by evil spirits
-Treated with trephination
*create a small area in skull for evil spirits to escape the skull
•Hygiene
-4,000 years ago, connection between hygiene and health
Greek and Roman (6th and 5th Centuries BC)
•More dramatic advanced in sanitation
-drainage system, aqueduct
•Hippocrates (460-377 BC)
-Humoral theory
*Wellness is a state of perfect equilibrium among four basic
bodily fluids (humors)
~blood, yellow bile, black bile, phlegm
~balance maintained by diet, exercise, rest, and
avoiding excess
-Excessive yellow bile and fiery temperament
*treated with blood letting, liquid diets, cooling baths, and
enemas
Roots of Non-Western Medicine
•Traditional Oriental Medicine (over 2000 years ago)
-Founded on principle of internal harmony
-Qi (vital energy or life force)
-Acupuncture, herbal therapy, and meditation
•Ayurveda (longevity-knowledge)
-oldest known medical system (6th century BC)
-maintaining balance between body and world
-3 bodily humors
*vata, pitta, and kapha
The Middle Ages (476 to 1450 CE)
•Influence of church
•Illness viewed as God’s punishment
•Epidemic
-disease that spreads rapidly within a community
•Plague
-bacterial disease carried by rodents that occurred middle ages
The Renaissance (Late 15th century CE)
•Reemergence of scientific inquiry and medical study
•Dissection led to better understanding of anatomy
•Mind-body dualism
Document Summary
Health and illness: health: a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being. Social health: health disparities or opportunities to achieve optimal health that are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations. low income bracket, minority groups. Preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury violence, Case study: 20 years old, college student, went to pcp for following concerns. *create a small area in skull for evil spirits to escape the skull. 4,000 years ago, connection between hygiene and health. Greek and roman (6th and 5th centuries bc: more dramatic advanced in sanitation, hippocrates (460-377 bc) *wellness is a state of perfect equilibrium among four basic. ~balance maintained by diet, exercise, rest, and bodily fluids (humors) avoiding excess enemas. *treated with blood letting, liquid diets, cooling baths, and. Roots of non-western medicine: traditional oriental medicine (over 2000 years ago, ayurveda (longevity-knowledge) The middle ages (476 to 1450 ce: influence of church, illness viewed as god"s punishment, epidemic, plague.
