Psychosocial Flashcards
When is an abortion allowed
when a medical practitioner and two others are of opinion that: its not passed the 24th week, injury to health/mental of mother or child. continuation poses greater risk. Child suffering.
consent in 16-17 yr olds
presumed to have capacity unless shown otherwise, so can give consent. If they refuse, parents can consent if in best interest.
Consent under 16 and Gillick competent
presumed not to have capacity unless shown otherwise, then can give consent. When can understand. Unlikely under 13 have capacity.
Children who are not Gillick competent
Parental responsibility give consent in childs best interest. Can involve courts. (specific issue order) In an emergency act to save the life.
confidentiality in minors
same as adult. only broken when health + safety at risk. share info about under 13s sexual activity as deemed not to give consent.
what is a health behaviour
aimed to prevent disease, eating healthily etc
what is illness behaviour
aimed to seek remedy, going to the doctor etc
what is sick role behaviour
activity aimed at getting well
Attribution theory
About causality. Internal vs external locus of control. stable vs unstable. global vs specific. control vs uncontrollable.
risk perception
not rational when lack of experience with the problem, belief its preventable, belief that its not appeared yet so wont. belief that its infrequent. leads to selective focus - ignore risk increasing behaviour.
risk compensation - behaviour can be neutralised by another
self affirmation theory
protect self integrity. if presented with info that threatens sense of self, behave defensively. but if can self affirm, threat to resist information is reduced.
HBM
perceived susceptibility, severity, benefits, barriers.
Pain
an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage. Subjective.
Predictors of pain and disability
Resilience model, reduction in pain. (acceptance, mindfulness, readiness for change, optimism, coping, self efficacy.) Vulnereability models, increase experience of pain. (anxiety, depression, fear, catastrophising, somatic attention)
three process model of pain
physiological (tissue damage, endorphins etc), cognitive (classical and operant conditioning, role of affect - anxiety, fear, role of cognition - catastrophising(rumination, magnification, helplessness)meaning, attention.) behavioural.
ABCDE system of CBT
Awareness. Beliefs. Challenge. Delete. Evaluate.
Fit note
an employer shouldnt ask for evidence before 7 days. you can get statutory sick pay for 28 weeks.
Perception
Oart if the memory and retrieval process, dependant on attention. bottom up processing -matches to excisting sets in the brain, then recognises it.
Top down - we see what we expect.
Attention
Selective - attend more to stimuli that are changing, meaningful. Divided or focused. Negativly effected by stress.
sensation
function of the low-level biochemical and neurological events that begin with the impinging of a stimulus upon the receptor cells of a sensory organ. It is the detection of the elementary properties of a stimulus.
goals of sensation and preception
P - create useful information of the surroundings. S - detection. Linked by transduction
principles of gestalt
adjacency/proximity principle: things closer together will be percieved as belonging together. Similarity principle: look similar percieved as part of the same form. Good continuation: refers to predictability or simplicity. Law of closure: visual system supplies missing info that closes the outline of an incomplete figure.
Model of memory
Perception, storage, retrieval
ICF
Impairment, activity limitation, participation limitation