Medications
This type of medication increases the amount of serotonin available in the synapse.
SSRIs
Depression
Mood Disorder
This psychologist's early work included conversion hysteria
Sigmund Freud
The number of cases of a disease that exist at a given point in time
Morbidity
Brief interventions with this person can lead to smoking cessation and other health improvements
physicians
This type of medication is a CNS depressant and helps induce a sense of calm.
Benzodiazepines
Schizophrenia
Psychotic Disorders
This model maintains that all illnesses can be explained through aberrant somatic processes like biochemical imbalances.
Biomedical Model
The number of deaths due to particular causes
Mortality
A health behavior that is firmly established and performed automatically, without awareness
Health habit
This class of medication is usually used to treat allergic reactions but is also sometimes use to help with anxiety.
Antihistamines
Alcoholism
Substance Abuse Disorder
This model maintains that biological, psychological, and social factors are all important determinates of health.
Biopsychosocial model
The study of how psychological influences impact how people stay healthy, why they become ill and how they respond when they get ill.
health psychology
This means that medical and psychological interventions go through rigorous testing and evaluation of their benefits, usually through randomized clinical trials
evidenced based medicine
This class of medication is usually used to treat high blood pressure but can also be used to treat anxiety. You should observe your patient for unusually low blood pressures and heart rates.
Beta Blockers
Borderline Personality Disorder
Personality Disorders
A common type of therapy used to modify a target behavior
longitudinal study
The idea that good health, or wellness is a personal achievement and involves developing good health habits
Health Promotion
This class of medication blocks D2 receptors in the brain which acts to reduce hallucinations and delusions.
Antipsychotics
Bipolar disorder
Mood Disorders
Used to define changing the environment in ways that affect people's ability to practice a health habit. An example would be seat belt laws
Social Engineering
A study that looks back in time to reconstruct the conditions that led to a situation.
Retrospective research
Chronic stress can cause changes to the level of this hormone.
cortisol