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Test 3
Ch. 9: Physical disorders & health psychology
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
10/21/2014

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Behavioral medicine
Definition
-study of behavioral factors & medicines, physical illness & medical treatments
-focused on controlling pain/coping w/chronic illness
-knowledge derived from this is used for prevention, diagnosis, & treatment
-broadly focused
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Health psychology
Definition
-prevent illness & promote health
-not interdisciplinary
-ex. Migraines
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Lifestyle disease
Definition
Diseases related to health damaging personal habits (heart disease, lung cancer, and liver disease)
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Behavioral risk factors
Definition
-actions that increase the chances of disease, injury, or early death (obesity, smoking, alcoholism)
Term
Smoking
Definition
-largest preventable cause of death
Term
-Reduce behavioral risk factors
-increase health promoting behaviors (regular exercise, managing stress, balanced diet)
Definition
To prevent disease: (2)
Term
Self-Efficacy
Definition
-Bandura
-having sense of control/confidence to cope w stressor
-differs the most w/disorders
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stress
Definition
-lowers the immune system
-weakened immune system within 2 hours of stress
Term
General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
Definition
-Series of Bodily reactions to prolonged stress
-3 stages: 1. Alarm reaction-bodily resources are mobilized to help w/ the stressor
2. stage of resistance- body adjusts to stabilized stress, but high physical cost
3. stage of exhaustion- resources are exhausted w/serious health conditions
Exhaustion signs
-emotional: anxiety, apathy, irritability, mental fatigue
-behavioral: avoiding responsibilities & relationships, extreme or self-destructive behavior, self-neglect, & poor judgment
-physical-excessive worry about illness, frequent illness, exhaustion, overuse of meds, physical ailments & complaints
Term
Pressure
Definition
-element of stress that deals w/external forces (deadlines, job, school)
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Burnout
Definition
-individuals are physically, mentally, & emotionally drained
-feelings of reduced accomplishments/uselessness
-teachers, counselors, social workers often experience this
Term
Psychoneuroimmunology
Definition
-study of links between behavior, stress, disease, & the immune system
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Autoimmune disease
Definition
-body attacks healthy cells, not only diseased cells
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Emotion focused coping
Definition
-trying to control emotional reactions to situations
-taking a walk/talking to a friend
-situations where you can’t control the situation
Term
Problem focused
Definition
-trying to fix the situation on your own
-situations where there’s something that you can control
Term
low social support
Definition
-associated w/ faster progression to disease
-cognitive behavioral stress management can be helpful
Term
Psychological measures-make surgery more approachable w/model videos
Parent treatment-problem solving intervention
Definition
Treatments for disease in children
Term
Cardiovascular problems
-high blood pressure,
-diathesis stress model-runs in families w/environmental stressors
Definition
Diseases caused by stress in adults
Term
Pain
Definition
-costliest medical problem in the U.S.
Term
Acute pain
Definition
-what follows an injury & disappear when treatment is finished (1 month)
Term
Chronic pain
Definition
starts w/acute pain or injury but doesn’t decrease over time, even after treatment (migraines, anxiety, depression, poor coping skills, low social support)
-related to 80% of doctor visits
Term
Biofeedback
Definition
-provides info to the person on their ongoing bodily activities ( heart rate, blood pressure, EEG, muscle tension)
-helps individuals to be aware & learn to control & regulate these bodily functions
Term
Relaxation
Definition
-breathing exersises
-progressive muscle relaxation: gradually teach them to tense & relax all 32 muscle groups
-teach them how to relax for sleep
Term
coping skills
Definition
-stress management program- focuses on helping people by monitoring stress levels multiple times a day to see a pattern
-deep muscle relaxation
-help to restructure problematic thoughts-CBT
- time- management training & assertiveness training(be appropriately assertive)
Term
1)Mental disorder due to another medical condition
2)similar diagnosis, & also coded on Axis III
3)all a medical diagnosis
Definition
In the DSM-5 pain is:
1)In the DSM 5:
2)In DSM-IV:
3)Axis III:
Term
Type A Personality
Definition
-Highly competitive
-ambitious
-achievement-oriented
-chronically angry or hostile* RELATED TO HEART DISEASE
-time urgency*-never relaxed, always working on something
RELATED TO HEART Physical, psychological, & social
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