Psychology 2310A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Stress Management, Biomedical Model, Coronary Artery Disease

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2310A/B
• Professor: Rod Martin

Document Summary

Initially referred to as psychosomatic medicine and health problems referred to as psychosomatic disorders. Dualistic view: mind and body are separate entities. Helen flanders dunbar (1935: specific disorders natural consequence of specific emotions and personality traits. Franz alexander (1950: argued cause of classic psychosomatic disorders lay in characteristic interpersonal conflicts. Specific symptomatology seen as symbolic of underlying conflict. Late 1970s: realization that many disease states influenced directly or indirectly by social and psychological factors. Behavioural medicine: application of methods of behaviour modification to the treatment or prevention of disease. Health psychology: any application of psychological methods and theories to understand the origins of disease, individual response to disease, and the determinants of good health. When a major element of a disorder is a diagnosable medical condition, it will be noted in axis iii. Mechanism: activity of a living system that mediates the influence of an antecedent factor on disease. Symptoms: subjective reports of internal states that define an illness.