Psychology 2036A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Edwin Chadwick, Axon, Positive Psychology
29 Jul 2017
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Opening story - angelita was being more down than her normal, so her husband, miguel, suggested she go see the doctor. The doctor suggested it might be an emotional problem. Angelita"s mom, carmen, told her to come back to mexico for a week. Carmen summoned the village curandero, a traditional healer who practiced a form of medicine called curanderismo, (holistic approach to health that treats a person"s material, spiritual, physical and psychic health, found in many latin american countries). He gave her a variety of herbs and spices that. She felt better after the curandero gave her oils and herbal teas because she needed to reconnect with her home and culture. Psychosomatic illness emotional and psychological underlying causes. Well-being individual"s overall state of health (physical, psychological, spirit and emotions) The first formal, western model of well-being, supported by scientific inquiry and empirical study. Health is the absence of or dysfunction.
