Health Psychology Chapter 8

Front 1

The time between recognizing that a symptom exists and deciding that it is serious

Back 1

Appraisal Delay

Front 2

The time between deciding to seek treatment and actually doing so

Back 2

Behavioral Delay

Front 3

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

Back 3

control-enhancing interventions

Front 4

The act of delaying seeking treatment for recognized symptoms

Back 4

delay behavior

Front 5

A patient classification scheme that specifies the nature and length of treatment for particular disorders; used by some third-party reimbursement systems to determine the amount of reimbursement

Back 5

diagnostic-related groups (DRGs)

Front 6

The time between recognizing that a symptom implies an illness and the decision to seek treatment.

Back 6

illness delay

Front 7

An organized set of beliefs about an illness or a type of illness, including its nature, cause, duration, and consequences.

Back 7

illness representations (schemas)

Front 8

An informal network of family and friends who help an individual interpret and treat a disorder before the individual seeks formal medical treatment.

Back 8

lay referral network

Front 9

A delay in treating symptoms, which results from problems within the medical system, such as faulty diagnoses, lost test results, and the like.

Back 9

medical delay

Front 10

The relabeling of symptoms of fatigue and exhaustion as a particular illness resulting from learning about that illness; called medical students' disease because overworked medical students are vulnerable to this labeling effect.

Back 10

medical students' disease

Front 11

A network of affiliated practitioners that has agreed to charge preestablished rates for particular medical services

Back 11

preferred provider organization (PPO)

Front 12

The perception that one has at one's disposal a response that will reduce, minimize, eliminate, or offset the adverse effects of an unpleasant event, such as a medical procedure

Back 12

psychological control

Front 13

Benefits of being treated for illness, including the ability to rest, to be freed from unpleasant tasks, and to be taken care of by others

Back 13

secondary gains

Front 14

Feelings of fear or extreme distress that result from separation from someone important, usually the mother

Back 14

separation anxiety

Front 15

People who express distress and conflict through bodily symptoms

Back 15

somaticizers

Front 16

Individuals free from illness who are nonetheless concerned about their physical state and frequently and inappropriately use medical services

Back 16

worried well