1. Health Psychology: An Overview Chapter 1

2. Illness / Wellness What is health? Objective and subjective signs

3. Illness / Wellness Continuum Major disability Symptoms/minor Average Healthful Signs Very healthful From illness disability Signs & lifestyle signs & lifestyle Death Optimal Wellness

4. The Disease Pattern  XVll and XlX Centuries  Infectious Diseases  XX and XXl Centuries  Chronic Diseases, Injury

5. HEALTH BELIEFS  Ancient Cultures  Magic, Supernatural, Mind-Body separation  Middle Ages  Church supremacy, Illness and sin, Body-Mind interaction  Renaissance  Human Centered, Mechanistic view, dissection, surgery, microscope…  XX Century  The Biomedical model

6. Psychology and Health Individuals Lifestyle Risk Factors Personality Health Care Models Psychosomatic Medicine Psychoanalysis and Psychiatry Biopsychosocial Approach Behavioral Medicine Health Psychology

7. Psychology and Health Health Psychology: Goals Prevent illness Identify causes of illness Treat Illness Health care systems and public policy

8. Related Fields Epidemiology Distribution and frequency of disease mortality: number of deaths morbidity: illness, injury prevalence: total number of cases incidence: number of new cases epidemic: rapid increase in incidence

9. Related Fields Public Health field focuses on organized effort related to health issues in a community Medical Sociology field concerned with social factors related to health and illness Medical Anthropology field concerned with the cross-cultural aspects of health and illness

10. Research Methods Theory A tentative explanation of why and under what conditions a certain phenomenon occurs A useful theory: is clearly stated organizes facts relates information allows for predictions

11. Research Methods Experiments A controlled study in which one variable is manipulated as another variable is measured. Independent variable Dependent variable Experimental and Control Groups Double-blind study Nonexperimental Methods Independent Variable is not manipulated

12. Quasi-experimental Designs Correlational Studies Retrospective approach: look back Prospective approach: follow group Developmental Approaches Cross-sectional different ages observed at the same time Longitudinal observe same individuals over a long time Single-subject Designs Case study