PS264 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Cardiology, Insomnia, Atherosclerosis
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Biopsychosocial model holds that physical illness is caused by a complex interaction of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors. *does not suggest that biological factors are not important, but it asserts that these factors operate in a psychosocial context that is also influential. Prior to the 20th century, the principal threats to health were contagious diseases caused by infectious agents. Today, chronic diseases that develop gradually are more common like heart disease, cancer, and stroke. The growing recognition that psychological factors influence health eventually led to the emergence of. Health psychology concerned with how psychological factors relate to the promotion and maintenance of health and with the causation, prevention, and treatment of illness. Stress any circumstances that threaten or are perceived to threaten one"s well-bring and that thereby tax one"s coping abilities. *the threat may be to immediate physical safety, long-range security, self-esteem, reputation, peace of mind, etc.
