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| is the study of the interaction between psychological process and physical conditions |
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| specific disease-causing agents |
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| according to which disease is caused by pathogens that have invaded the body and must be eliminated |
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| seeks an understanding of the psychological, social, and biological factors that contribute to illness, to the prevention of illness, to recover from illness and to the promotion of wellness |
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| studied the psychological roots of such physical illness as ulcers, asthma, and migraine headaches |
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| focused on techniques to help people modify health-related activities, such as smoking or overeating |
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| is a response to something challenging in the environment |
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| in the internal and external adaption by an individual |
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| general adaption syndrom (GAS) |
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| in which the body initially exerts maximal effort to adapt through three phases of response; alarm, resistance, and exhaustion |
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| involves determining whether it is important even to address a stressful situation, based on its significance and possible outcomes of dealing or not dealing with the situation |
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| the process of trying to manage the internal and external challenges posed by a troublesome situation |
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| involves specific strategies for confronting and resolving the prolematic situation |
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| involves handling internal emotional reactions to the situation |
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| involves assessing strategies for making a beneficial outcome more likely and a harmful outcome less likely |
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| type-a behavioral pattern |
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| characterized by; (1) a competitive orientation towards achievement, (2) a sense of urgency about time, (3) a strong tendency to feel anger and hostile |
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| type-b behavioral pattern |
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| is characterized by relatively low levels of competitiveness, urgency about time, and hostility |
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| are any unusual sensation or features that a patient thinks indicate some kind of pathology |
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| are any unusual features observed by the physician |
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| recurrent, constant, or very long indurations, like migraine headcahes or hypertension |
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| brief, usually characterized by sudden onset and intense symptomatology, but in any case not recurrent and not long duration, such as cold or flu |
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| involves a highly directive interaction pattern, in which a physician narrowly focuses on presenting the problem for which the patient has made the appointment, uses highly convergent questioning to elict brief and targeted responses from the patient, and then formulates a diagnosis and a treatment regimen |
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| is characterized by a relatively nondirective pattern of interation, in which the physician asks divergent questions and allows the patient to take part in guiding the course of the interview, the diagnosis of the presenting problem, and the decision regarding the optimal treatment |
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| control-enhancing interventions |
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| which increases patients' ability to respond appropriately to illness and eventually to cope effectively with it |
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| is the intense sensory discomfort and emotional suffering associated with actual, imagined, or threatened damage to or irritation of body tissues |
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| characterized by sensations of extreme discomfort and suffering caused by damage to body tissues (stepping on a nail, breaking an arm) |
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| is an intense sensory emotional suffering for which physiological origins cannot be found. three most common; neuralgia, causalgia, and phantom-limb pains. |
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| is a syndrom in which a person experiences recurrent episodes of intense shooting pain along a nerve. |
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| is characterized by recurrent episodes of severe burning pain. people suddenly feel a body part is on fire or pressing against a hot oven. |
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| felt in a limb that has either been amputated or no longer has functioning nerves. many patients report feeling it even when they lost limbs years ago |
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| brief intense, uncomfortable stimulation usually associated with internal or external tissue damage |
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| recurrent or constant long-term discomfort, usually associated with tissue damage, and lasting at least 6 months |
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| Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) |
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| can help identify patients who are particularly susceptible to pain. |
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