PSY3130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Phenylalanine, Chromosome, Health Promotion
15 Sep 2018
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Positive state of physical, mental and social well being. On a continuum between death and optimal wellness. Understanding the relationships between psychological factors and health and illness. Two main areas: health promotion, clinical health. Psychosomatic illness: symptoms involve both the mind and body. Differences in health and illness across cultures. Health policy: decisions, plans, actions based on government policy. Prior, current and future development: age (young acute; older chronic) Heart disease, cancer, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, accidents. Theory of heart disease: excess cholesterol deposited in artery walls, build of cholesterol narrows artery and leads to tissue damage to heart (if blood flow is blocked) The shorter the length the higher the risk of developing cancer. Large quantities of sickle (red bloody cells, little oxygen) Baby"s body fails to produce enzyme breaks down phenylalanine (toxin found in food) If not treated there will be a build up which would lead to brain damage.
