What is Health? Flashcards
Who defined the 6 types of normality and when?
Grob in 1995.
What are the 2 categories that normality can be divided into?
- Context Dependent
2. Maladaptive Focus
What are the 4 sub-categories of normality in the Context Dependent definition of normality?
- Socio-cultural
- Functional
- Historical
- Situational
What are the 2 sub-categories of normality in the Maladaptive Focus definition of normality?
- Medical
2. Statistical
Socio-cultural normality can be defined in terms of cohort normality. What is cohort normality?
What is normal for people who share similar life experiences.
How did Myers define conformity in 1999?
‘A change in behaviour as a result of real or imagined group pressure.’
What is functional normality dependent on?
Context
How could you describe situational normality?
Normal behaviours are constructed according to the environment.
How does the WHO define ‘health’?
‘A state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.’
What are the 2 models of health?
- Medical
2. Social
Name some limitations of the medical model of health.
- It’s reductionist.
- It’s a mono-causal model which does not take into account the influence of social and psychological factors.
- Does not recognise the autonomy of patients.
Define disease.
A pathological process confirmed by signs and investigations.
Is ‘illness’ objective or subjective?
Subjective
What is the best/ most comprehensive approach to health?
The biopsychosocial model/approach.