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Your health today – psychological perspectives on physical and
mental well-being
Łukasz Kaczmarek, IP UAM, 2010-2011
Easy Polish
Choroba [Hoe-rho-bah]
1. Illness, sickness 2. Damn!
Easy Polish
Zdrowie [Z-draw-v-eh]
1. Health2. Cheers!
Organization
Interactive lecture: brief tasks, questions, doubts.
Attendance – 80%
Exam: test of knowledge – open-ended questions.
Literature: A list of articles TBD
MODELS OF HEALTH: THE BIOMEDICAL MODELS OF HEALTH: THE BIOMEDICAL MODELMODEL
Biomedic model: Darwin, The Origin of Species, 1856.
Body as a machine, part of the nature
Treatment: fixing what is broken removing foreign objects
Health = lack of disease Patient is a passive receipient of the
treatment Ignores behavioral and psychological risk
factors
MODELS OF HEALTH: THE BIOMEDICAL MODELS OF HEALTH: THE BIOMEDICAL MODELMODEL
(Ogden, 2007)
What causes illness? Diseases come from outside the body
and cause physical changes Internal involuntary physical changes
Who is responsible? Individuals not responsible for their
illness (victims) How should illness be treated?
Changing physical state by vaccination, surgery, etc.
Who is responsible for treatment? Medical professionalists
MODELS OF HEALTH: THE BIOMEDICAL MODELS OF HEALTH: THE BIOMEDICAL MODELMODEL
(Ogden, 2007)
What is the relationship betwen health and illness? Two different qualities (either
healthy or ill) What is the „mind-body”
relationship? Independence (mind-body split)
The role of psychology in health & illness? Remeding consequences (e.g.
depression)
Illness ideology & medicalization of everyday life
(Maddox, 2005)
Premenstrual emotional change = premenstrual dysphoric disorder
Not wanting sex often enough = Hypoactive sexual desire disorder
Not wanting sex at all = sexual aversion disorder Failure to maintain „adequate erection… that causes marked
distress or interpersonal difficulty = male erectile disorder Failure for women to attain or maintain „an adequate
lubrication or swelling response of sexual excitement” + distress + interpersonal difficulty = sexual arousal disorder
MODELS OF HEALTH: HEALTH MODELS OF HEALTH: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGYPSYCHOLOGY
(Ogden, 2007)
What causes illness? Multitude factors Biopsychosocial model of health
and illness Who is responsible?
Individuals responsible for their health
How should illness be treated? The whole person (biopsychosocial)
Who is responsible for treatment? Patients share responsibility
Breaking mind-body split:Positive emotions and common cold
(Cohen, et al., 2003)
Who? 354 healthy volunteers, age 18-54
Emotional style: 7 evening telephone interviews
Infection: subjects were given nasal drops containing rhinovirus
Observation: 6 days quarantine
A brief discussion
Consider the last time you were physically ill (e.g. flu, headache, cold, etc.).
Which factors other than biological ones may have contributed to your illness?
MODELS OF HEALTH: HEALTH MODELS OF HEALTH: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY
(Ogden, 2007)
What is the relationship between health and illness? Continuum
What is the „mind-body” relationship? Holistic (whole-person) approach;
separate but in interaction The role of psychology in
health & illness? Identification of factors
contributing to aetiology
HEALTH AS A POSITIVE STATEHEALTH AS A POSITIVE STATE
Health – „A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease.” (World Health Organization, 1947)
The complete state model of mental health and illness (Keyes, Lopez, 2007)
Psychological well-being(Keyes, Lopez, 2007)
Self-acceptance„When I look at the story of my life, I am pleased with how things have turned out so far.”
Personal growth„For me, life has been a continuous process of learning, changing, and growth.”
Purpose in Life„Some people wander aimlessly through life, but I am not one of them.”
Environmental MasteryI am good at managing the responsibilities of daily life
AutonomyI have confidence in my own opinions, even if they are different from the way most other people think.
Positive Relations With OthersPeople would describe me as a giving person, willing to share my time with others.
Social well-being (Keyes, Lopez, 2007)
Social Acceptance:I believe people are kind
Social Actualization (ie. society is positive)The world is becoming a better place for everyone.
Social ContributionI have something valuable to give to the world.
Social CoherenceI find it easy to predict what will happen next in society.
Social IntegrationMy community is a source of comfort
Mandala of health- human ecosystem
Heszen, Sęk, 2007
Health decision and consequences
1723 km
266 km
Industrial pollution:
Carbon disulfide = higher blood
pressure
BUT! BEWARE OF HEALTHISM
Preoccupation with your health (mostly physical) leading to distress, loss of autonomy, spontaneity and creativity.
WRONG: The sense of health as the main value
Easy Polish
Choroba [Hoe-rho-bah]
1. Illness, sickness 2. Damn!
Easy Polish
Zdrowie [Z-draw-v-eh]
1. Health2. Cheers!