Health Anxiety Flashcards
Health Anxiety
experience of excessive anxiety about present or future health, somatic symptoms or illness anxiety disorder are the types
affect 7.7% of pop
Cognitive Behavioral Model and Health Anxiety
dysfunctional thoughts based on past experiences triggers health anxiety
holding the belief of feared disease is serious or catastrophic, vulnerable to disease, no capable of coping with feared illness and inadequate medical resources are available to treat illness
Confirmatory Bias
where we see the facts and evidence that confirms the beliefs and ignores the facts that prove it wrong
Thought-Action-Fusion Bias
almost rational like thinking but does not align with reality
Ex-Consequential Reasoning
if we feel anxious then some sort of danger is present
Pain
distressing experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage with sensory, emotional, cognitive and social components
an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with or resembling that associated with actual or potential tissue damage
Pain Aspect
psychological
personal
biological
sociocultural
Descartes and Pain
pain and nociception are not the same, pain does not entirely rely on nerve firings and comes from the brain
Life Experiences and Pain
sociocultural aspects relying heavily on language self-reports assessments of pain cross-cultural variation sociodemographic variables
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
accept what is out of your personal control and commit to actions that improves and enriches your life
accepting reactions and be present, then choose a valued direction and act
Psychological Flexibility
required for the acceptance and commitment therapy as it is the ability to adapt to situational demands, reconfigure mental resources, shift perceptions, and balance competing desires, needs and life domains
required for coping with pain
