Health Definitions C-F

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cardiac invalidism

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psychological state can result after a myocardial infarction or diagnosis of coronary heart disease, conception that patient's abilities and capacities are lower than they actually are

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cardiopulmonary resuscitation

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method of reviving the functioning of heart and lungs after a loss of consciousness in which patient's pulse has ceased or lungs have failed to function

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cardiac rehabilitation

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intervention program to help achieve optimum physical, medical, psychological, social, emotional, vocational and economic status following diagnosis of heart disease or attack

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cardiovascular disease

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chronically high blood pressure resulting from too much blood passing through too narrow vessels

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cardiovascular system

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transport system responsible for carrying oxygen and nutrients to the body and for carrying away CO2 and other wastes to the kidneys for excretion - heart, blood vessels and blood

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catecholamines

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neurotransmitters, epinephrine and norepinephrine, promote sympathetic nervous system activity' released in big quantities during stressful times

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cerebellum

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part of the hind brain responsible for the coordination of voluntary muscle movement, maintenance of balance and equilibrium, and maintenance of muscle tone and posture

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cerebral cortex

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main portion of the brain, responsible for intelligence, memory, and the detection and interpretation of sensation

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chronic benign pain

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typically persists for 6 months or more and relatively intractable to treatment. Varies in severity and may involve several muscle groups. EG chronic low back pain

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chronic illness

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long lasting illness, usually irreversible

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chronic pain

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pain that may begin after an injury but that does not respond to treatment and persists over time

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chronic progressive pain

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persists longer than six months, increases in severity over time, often associated with malignancies or degenerative disorders

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chronic strain

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a stressful experience that is a usual but continually stressful aspect of life

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classical conditioning

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pairing of a stimulus with an unconditioned reflex, over time the stimulus acquires a conditioned response
- process by which an automatic response is conditioned to a new stimulus

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clinical thanatology

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clinical practice of counselling people who are dying on the basis of knowledge of reactions to dying

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cognitive-behavioural-therapy

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uses principles from learning theory to modify coghitions and behaviours to modify behaviour, used to modify poor health behaviours such as smoking, poor diet etc

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cognitive restructuring

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method of modigying internal monologues in stress-producing situations
clients are trained to monitor what they say to themselves in stress provoking situations and the to modify their cognitions in adaptive ways

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colleague orientation

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a physician orientation towards gaining the esteem and regard of one's colleagues,

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comprehensive intervention models

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pool and coordinate the medical and psychological expertise in a well defined area of medical practice so as to make all available technology and expertise available to patient
eg pain management program

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contingency contracting

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individual forms a contract with another person, such as the therapist, detailing what rewards or punishments are contingent on the performance or non performance of a target behaviour

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control-enhancing intervention

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with patients who are awaiting treatments for the purpose of enhancing their perceptions of control over those treatments

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controlled drinking

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training in discriminating blood alcohol level in order to control the extent of drinking, also include coping skills for dealing with high risk alcohol consumption

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conversion hysteria

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Freud - specific unconscious conflicts can produce physical disturbances symbolic of the repressed conflict

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coping

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process of trying to manage demands that are appraised as taxing or exceeding one's resources

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coping outcomes

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beneficial effects that are thought to result from successful;
include reducing stress, adjusting more successfully to stress, emotional equilibrium etc

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cost containment

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the effort to reduce or hold down health care costs

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cost effectiveness

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the formal evaluation of the effectiveness of an intervention relative to its cost and the cost of alternative interventions

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counter-irritation

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a pain control technique that involves inhibiting pain in one part of the body by stimulating or mildly irritating another area, sometimes adjacent to the area where the pain is experienced

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craving

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strong desire to engage in a behaviour or consume a substance which appears, in part, to occur through the conditioning of physical dependence on environmental cues associated with the behaviour

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creative non-adherence

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the modification or supplementation of a prescribed treatment regimen on the basis of privately held theories about the disorder or its treatment

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curative care

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designed to cure a patient's underlying disease

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daily hassles

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minor daily stressful events believed to have a cumulative effect in increasing the likelihood of illness

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death education

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programs designed to inform peole realistically about death and dying, to reduce the terror connected with and avoiodance of the topic

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delay behaviour

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delaying seeking treatment for recognised symptoms

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denial

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defence mechanism involving inability to recognise or deal with external threatening events