What is Health? Flashcards

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Who defined the 6 types of normality and when?

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Grob in 1995.

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What are the 2 categories that normality can be divided into?

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  1. Context Dependent

2. Maladaptive Focus

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What are the 4 sub-categories of normality in the Context Dependent definition of normality?

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  1. Socio-cultural
  2. Functional
  3. Historical
  4. Situational
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What are the 2 sub-categories of normality in the Maladaptive Focus definition of normality?

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  1. Medical

2. Statistical

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Socio-cultural normality can be defined in terms of cohort normality. What is cohort normality?

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What is normal for people who share similar life experiences.

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How did Myers define conformity in 1999?

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‘A change in behaviour as a result of real or imagined group pressure.’

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7
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What is functional normality dependent on?

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Context

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8
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How could you describe situational normality?

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Normal behaviours are constructed according to the environment.

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9
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How does the WHO define ‘health’?

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‘A state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.’

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10
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What are the 2 models of health?

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  1. Medical

2. Social

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Name some limitations of the medical model of health.

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  1. It’s reductionist.
  2. It’s a mono-causal model which does not take into account the influence of social and psychological factors.
  3. Does not recognise the autonomy of patients.
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12
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Define disease.

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A pathological process confirmed by signs and investigations.

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13
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Is ‘illness’ objective or subjective?

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Subjective

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14
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What is the best/ most comprehensive approach to health?

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The biopsychosocial model/approach.

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