Module 2: Orientation to Interdiciplinary Health

Question 1

Physical health

Answer 1

• health - bodily functions and processes working at their peak
• Unhealth - bodily functions and processes impaired by external factors
• internal dysfunction

Question 2

Psychological/mental/emotional health

Answer 2

mental health disorders are hard to diagnose because it is based on the persons view
- DSM 5

Question 3

Coping with acute/chronic illness (IBS example)

Answer 3

1. Body out of sorts
   - concern will intensify as time goes on and symptoms continue
2. Becoming “ill”
   - attempting to get rid of illness but continue to live normal life and trying meds
   a. Purification: searching for a cure
   b. Normalization: acting like everything is normal
   c. Banalization: failing to appreciate the seriousness of the disease
3. Becoming chronically ill
   - realizing they can’t live like they use to or other people their age
4. Becoming an extraordinary body
   - coping as care and communication

Question 4

Disability

Answer 4

any restriction or lack of ability to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being

Question 5

Impairment

Answer 5

any loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological or anatomical structure or function

Question 6

Handicap

Answer 6

the result when an individual with an impairment can’t fulfill a normal life roles