This is the Chapter 16 of the book Introduction to Health Psychology (Val Morrison_ Paul Bennett) 4th Edition. Which is content for the exam of the component Health Psychology of Module 5 (Health Psychology & Applied Technology) of the University of Twente, in the Netherlands.

Ch.16: Pain

Functional, unpleasant, and it warns us of potential damage to the body. Reflex action, pull away from its cause or to try and reduce it in some way. May also signal onset of disease

• Congenital universal insensitivity to pain (CUIP): die at a young age because they fail to respond to illnesses of which the main symptom is pain or to avoid situations that risk
• Phantom limb pain: feel pain in non-existent limb, sometimes for many years

Types of pain:

• Acute pain: lasting 3-6 six months, involving some form injury, generally pain

This is the Chapter 14 of the book Introduction to Health Psychology (Val Morrison_ Paul Bennett) 4th Edition. Which is content for the exam of the component Health Psychology of Module 5 (Health Psychology & Applied Technology) of the University of Twente, in the Netherlands.

Ch.14: impact/outcome illness, patient perspective

Impact of illness:

• Generic model of emotional and coping responses from the onset of symptoms
  • Uncertainty: tries to understand the meaning and severity of the first symptoms
  • Disruption: when it becomes evident have significant illness --> crisis characterised by intense stress and a high level of dependence on health professionals and/or other people who are emotionally close to them
  • Striving for recovery: attempting to gain some form of control over their illness by means of active coping.
  • Restoration of well-being: motional equilibrium based on an acceptance of the

This is the Chapter 9 of the book Introduction to Health Psychology (Val Morrison_ Paul Bennett) 4th Edition. Which is content for the exam of the component Health Psychology of Module 5 (Health Psychology & Applied Technology) of the University of Twente, in the Netherlands. 

Ch.9: Symptoms experienced and interpreted

Sensation illness:

• Illness: changes in bodily sensations and functions, goes to the doctor. Includes changes in bodily functions (e.g. increased frequency of urination), emissions (such as blood in one’s ­ urine), sensations (e.g. numbness, loss of vison) and unpleasant sensations (e.g. fever, pain, nausea)
  • views about health --> prior experience of illness and their understanding of medical knowledge
• Disease: wrong organs, cells or tissues

Perception symptoms:

Sick recognition process: 1. Noticing, 2. Interpreting, 3. Planning/take action

• The attentional model of Pennebaker (1982):

This is the Chapter 6 of the book Introduction to Health Psychology (Val Morrison_ Paul Bennett) 4th Edition. Which is content for the exam of the component Health Psychology of Module 5 (Health Psychology & Applied Technology) of the University of Twente, in the Netherlands. 

Ch. 6: Behind changing behaviour

Development interventions:

General Health Interventions: change behaviour entire population

• PRECEDE-PROCEED model: identifies a range of psychosocial variables that could be the target of any intervention
  • Predisposing factors: knowledge/attitudes/personal preferences/existing skills and self-efficacy in relation desired behaviour
  • Enabling factors: environment facilitate behaviour changes (availability and accessibility of resources)
  • Reinforcing factors: factors reward desired behaviour change (ex: social support/economic rewards/social norms)
• Phases of implementaton:

1. Social diagnosis: planners impression health problems affect community
2. Epidemiological/behavioural/environmental diagnosis: identification and assessment health issues, and related behavioural and environmental influences