PSYC 3110

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PSYC 3110

• Applied Psychology
• Sam Maddox, Ph.D.
• Licensed Psychologist

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Psychology Applied to Health

• Biomedical perspective
• Medical causes exclusively
• Biopsychosocial perspective
• Biological hormones, viruses, pathogens
• Psychological attitudes, emotions, beliefs
• Social culture, group identity

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Contributions of Psychology to Health

• Adjustment
• Adaptation to a new standard
• Coping skills
• Meaning
• Mastery
• Positive thinking, visualization
• Behavior changes
• Enhancing sense of self
• Identifying individual differences

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Contributions

• Health Beliefs
• Health Belief Model
• Perceived Susceptibility (risk)
• Perceived Severity
• Self-efficacy
• Perceived Barriers
• Perceived Benefits

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Contributions

• Education about mind-body connection
• Stress
• Stress produces Cortisol which negatively affects
  our body with prolonged exposure
• Stress compromises our immune system
• Mood
• Anxiety/Depression can affect our natural healing
  process in our body

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Contributions

• Psychosocial factors related to healthy lifestyle
• Sense of control
• Attribution style
• Optimism
• Inhibition
• Social Support

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Contributions

• Quality of Life
• Assess impact of illness
• Compares different treatments
• Compliance with treatment

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• A Creed For Those Who Have Suffered
• I asked God for strength, that I might achieve.I
  was made weak, that I might learn humbly to
  obey...I asked for health, that I might do great
  things.I was given infirmity, that I might do
  better things...I asked for riches, that I might
  be happy.I was given poverty, that I might be
  wise...I asked for power, that I might have the
  praise of men.I was given weakness, that I might
  feel the need for God.I asked for all things,
  that I might enjoy life.I was given life, that I
  might enjoy all things.I got nothing I asked
  for---but everything I'd hoped for. Almost
  despite myself, my unspoken prayers were
  answered.I am mostly richly blessed.Roy
  Campanella