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INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY By Kalaimaahran (Factors (Cultural…
INTRODUCTION TO
HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY By Kalaimaahran
TYPE OF
DISEASE
Dietary Disease:Due to malnutrition
Infectious Disease:Due to harmful matter/microorganism
Chronic Disease:Due to degenerative disease over long period
of time
HISTORY
The
Early Cultures
All are cause by mystical forces (evil spirit)
Ancient Greece and Rome
Produced the earliest written idea about
physiology,disease process and mind
The Middle Ages
Believe sickness was seen as God's
punishment for doing evil things
The church control the practice of medicine
Priest torturing the body to drive out evil
spirits
The Renaissance and
After
Introduce 3 important
innovation
Factors
Life Span
Perspective
Biopsychosocial
Perspective
Relationship with individual peole a
family members, a friend and
acquaintance
Involve cognition, emotion
and motivation
Include function and
structure of the person
physiology
Personality and
illness
personality was influential in the development
of physical disease
Cultural Persperctive
Involving to social and
cultural factors like ethnic
and income variation
across nation
All cultures have systems of health beliefs to
explain what causes illness, how it can be
cured or treated, and who should be
involved in the process.
Lifestyle and
illness
linked with the way people live their life