Health Psych - Test 3 Study Guide
Chapter 9
What is secondary prevention?
Recent changes in the provision of health services
specialization of practitioners
more outpatient care
change in access
managed care
health
management organizations (HMOs)
preferred provider organizations (PPOs)
perceiving and interpreting symptoms
accuracy?
role of sensitivity
sensitizers vs repressors
commonsense models of illness
lay referral network
who uses health services
why people don't seek health services
applying the Health Belief Model to seekinbg health services
why people delay seeking health services
stages of delay models
Safet et al
Anderson et al
patient-practitioner relationship
importance of good
communication
doctor-centered vs
patient-centered styles
patient characteristics
influencing the relationship
patient-doctor match
integrative medicine or holistic medicine
adherence to medical advice
factors associated with nonadherence
interventions a health psychologist might suggest to improve adherence
Chapter 11 The Nature of Pain
What is pain?
Ways of classifying pain
What physically initiates pain signals?
algogenic substances
nociceptors
A- delta and C fibers
Examples of pain without detectable tissue damage
Gate Control Theory of Pain Percpetion
things that can close gate
things that can open gate
pain behaviors
personality differences (MMPI) seen in pain sufferers
ways of assessing pain
interviews
brief unidimensional scales
multidimensional questinnaires
Pain behavior ratings
psychophysiological measures
Chapter 12 - Pain Management
What is clinical pain?
Types of pain medications
Undermedication for pain
Other medical/phsical approaches to pain control
Psychological approaches to pain management
placebo pain relief
biofeedback
relaxation training of various types
meditation strategies
yoga
hypnosis
complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)
integrative medicine
impact of reinforcement of pain behaviors
operant procedures to decrease bpain behaviors and increase non-pain
behaviors
cognitive strategies in pain management
Ramachandran's mirror box for phantom limb pain