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📌 A physical or somatic disease can cause psychological disorders and reduced social activity, whereas a psychological disorder rarely causes physical or somatic disorders.
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Physical, psychological, and social health versus isolated disease
1. Which combination best defines health in the biopsychosocial perspective?
2. Which pattern best describes the relationship between somatic disease and psychological functioning?
3. What does psychosomatic medicine primarily study?
What three aspects does health associate in an individual?
Physical, psychological, and social health.
What can a physical disease cause that a psychological disorder rarely does?
Psychological disorders and reduced social activity.
What does psychosomatic medicine study?
The interaction between somatic and psychological disorders.
When did psychosomatic medicine become an individualized medical field?
During the first half of the 20th century.
Can somatic disorders be determined partly by the psyche?
Yes, somatic disorders can be wholly or partly determined by the psyche.
How did Hans Selye define stress?
Stress is a nonspecific physiological process adapting to aggression.
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