60%.
* Psychosomatic diseases are physical ailments with a genuine organic basis caused in part by psychological factors, especially emotional distress.
* Common diseases include hypertension, ulcers, asthma, and migraines.
* Coronary heart disease involves a reduction in blood flow to the arteries, which supply the heart blood.
* Atheroscleosis is characterized by a gradual narrowing of the coronary arteries.
* Friedman and Rosenman divided people into 2 types:.
- the type A personality includes a strong competitive orientation, impatience, and anger and hostility. They try to do many things at once, are impatient, and easily irritated and angered.
- the type B personality is marked by relatively relaxed, patient, easygoing behavior.
* Type A behavior is a contributing factor in heart disease.
* The immune response is the body's defensive reaction to invasion by bacteria, viruses, etc.
* Social Support refers to various types of aid and succor provided by one's social networks.
* Optimism is a general tendency to expect good outcomes.
* 28% of men and 23% of women smoke regularly in the US.
* The life expectancy of a smoker is 8.3 years shorter than that of a non smoker.
* Nutritional patterns play a role in the course and management of diseases.
* Regular exercise is associated with increased longevity.
* AIDS means acquired immune deficiency syndrome where the immune system is gradually weakened and eventually disabled by HIV.
* The average length of survival for people after the onset of AIDS is about 18-24 months.
Chapter 14 - Psychological Disorders.
* The medical model proposes that it is useful to think of abnormal behavior as a disease.
* Diagnosis involves distinguishing 1 illness from another.
* Etiology refers to the apparent causation and developmental history of an illness.
* Prognosis is a forecast about the probable course of an illness.
* When doctors are diagnosing psychological disorders they rely on the following criteria:.