L1 biopsychosocial

Question 1

What is health?

Answer 1

Absence of disease
Absence of illness
functional fitness

“health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”

Question 2

What is illness?

Answer 2

A period of illness of disease

Question 3

Wellness

Answer 3

A measure of mental and physical health

Question 4

What is the biomedical approach?

Positives and negatives

Answer 4

Focus on physical processes of disease

Positives - Knowledge of cause help to avoid illness
Encourages research to illness
Research leads to successful treatments

Negatives - only focus on the body
does not consider mind 
disease prevention overlooked
Does not look at psychosocial 
Does not consider social such as access

Question 5

What is the biopsychosocial approach?

Answer 5

holistic approach of illness-wellness model

Negative - require more than just symptoms and disease
Explore patient beliefs, psychosocial circumstances & individual/family history

Question 6

psychological factors on health - 2 factors

Answer 6

Personality-
More conscientious =lower risk of premature death
Optimists less likely to experience same stimulus as painful

Question 7

Social factors on health

Answer 7

DIrect effect, positive mood and related psychosocial influences on endocrine and immune functions

Indirect -
Better social support more likely to use health service + adhere to medication
Better social relationship lower risk of premature death
Social support beneficial on stress in immune, neuroendocrine and cardio systems