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psychology applied to health

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By: Sylvie Wilson
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Decks in this class (11)

1 - introduction
What is psychology,
What is health psychology,
What does the biomedical model of...
13  cards
2 - health belief and cognitions
Give examples of health related b...,
What is a health related behaviour,
Why are health related behaviours...
17  cards
3 - stress and illness
Examples of common stressors,
Factors that make an event stressful,
Transactional theory lazarus and ...
50  cards
4 - coping and social support
3 ways to define stress,
Biological mediators affecting ab...,
Psychosocial mediators affecting ...
29  cards
5 - the social cure approach
Putnam 2000,
Who says that lacking social conn...,
Holt lunstad perceived importance...
18  cards
6 - consultant behaviours and patient adherence to medication
In the ideal world what steps wou...,
Why are the ideal steps not reali...,
What do we mean by the clincial i...
17  cards
7 - bias and discrimination in healthcare
Stereotype,
Prejudice,
Discrimination
29  cards
8 - complementary theories and placebo effects
Define complementary therapies,
Focus of complementary therapy,
Why are many people not confident...
44  cards
9 - designing behaviour change interventions
Examples of patient behaviours,
Examples of hcp behaviours,
Why is changing behaviours complex
33  cards
10 - treating groups
Why do we need group based health...,
Public health cuts to nhs,
Evidence of ageing population put...
30  cards
models, theories and studies
Marmot 2010,
Becker 1974,
Aim of hbm
51  cards

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