Introduction Flashcards
Symptom
Any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a person (patient). It may or may not be perceived as abnormal or troublesome
Disease
An impairment of health or a condition of abnormal funcitoning
Illness
State of poor health resulting from a disease; self defined in a person’s mind
Behavioral Medicine
Integrates behavioral and medical knowledge to prevent, diagnose, treat, and rehab health/disease. Uses a life-span approach to health
What are the core principles of behavioral medicine?
Behavioral health, health psychology, integrative medicine, integrated mental and behavioral health
Behavioral medicine focuses on…
the person and not the disease. Uses a biopsychosocial approach to understand the person
Biomedical model
- focuses on the disease
- uses a reductionist model by focusing on only one factor
- dualism: role of mind/body are separate and not connected
In the early 1900s, the leading cause of death was
infections, diseases
In the 2000s, the leading cause of death is
attributed to genetics, lifestyle, age and can be prevented in some sorts
Biomedical model missed:
- psychology and social aspects
- environment and human experiences
- quality of life
Body controls mind
- circadian rhythm
- sexual cycles
- endocrine influences on cognition/behavior
Mind controls body
- stress response
- psychosomatic illness
- placebo/nacebo
- psychimmunology
Dimensions of health and wellness
Physical, intellectual, social, emotional, environmental, spiritual
Biopsychosocial model
Explains that health is caused/influenced by many dimensions, is holistic, doesn’t focus on one factor or just the illness
Disease + person =
Illness
