This essay will focus to examine a case study of Fatima, 30-year-old single mother of two in the concept of health psychology. Its aim is to elevate the knowledge of the reader in relation to the psychological constructs at different stages of health that can be seen in this case study. The case is highly associated with the four key theoretical frameworks of psychology, resulting to the sickness. Moreover, the influence of her life on her children, in connection with childhood Conscientiousness will be covered. Case Study Meet Fatima. Fatima is a 30-year-old single mother of 2 young children. She works 50-hour weeks to support and care for her family and has little time to relax on her own. Fatima does not smoke, in truth, she cannot afford to. All of her money goes to her children. Fatima eats along with her kids every day, but often cannot afford fresh fruits and vegetables for their dinner, often the family eats processed foods (boxed macaroni and cheese, frozen pizza, etc.). Fatima has long suffered from fatigue and the occasional chest pain but cannot afford to go to the doctor. One day, she fainted and was diagnosed with hypertension at the hospital. Analysis of Problems People 's psychological state and the environment are highly linked to result in their behaviours, affecting their state of health. In the past, physical problems could simply be explained by the traditional biomedical model. Sickness was caused by external factors, allowing people to view
The biomedical worldview is based on the idea that the body is a machine, and illness is caused by a malfunction of that machine. Treatment is focused on fixing the malfunction, often through the use of drugs, surgery, or other medical interventions. In contrast, the Hmong worldview sees illness as a sign of a spiritual imbalance, and the cure is focused on restoring that
Solomon believes our mind and self can be represented with the Copenhagen interpretation. Just like how energy and matter sometimes acts as a wave or a particle, the “similar duality” can be applied to an individual (372). Many situations are a mixture of both illness and identity, however if we were to obscure one part of the equation, only then would we be able to see the other. Consequently, Solomon believes society should change their standpoint of illness not being part of a person’s identity and instead come up with “syncretic mechanics” where the “two concepts are not opposites, but compatible aspects of a condition” (372).
The article is a personal reflection of the professional life of a well-known psychologist. In his narration, he discusses his interactions with various important persons in politics, and in the field of psychology. Besides that, he also talks about his professional journey as a psychologist and goes ahead to name some of his significant achievements and awards. Many of his works have been in the form of experiments whose purpose is to test the nature of humankind when exposed to unfortunate situations or positions of power. With the results of these tests, the psychologist is then able to come up with theories that explain the reason behind the shocking behaviorisms displayed by participants at the time of the trial.
She finds herself struggling to eat healthy. Without a sociological imagination approach a person may state that the woman’s obesity is her fault because she is the one putting the food into her mouth and she should just give
Consequently,with the decline of Cuban physical health, the mental health of Cubans holds a high risk of also declining. In Lima’s article, she references
Ancient Greeks, Ancient Egyptians as well as Ancient Romans, made huge inputs into medicine and health. Most of their inputs were contributed to the public health schemes. Though most of these studies were not set in the field of pure medicine, the poorly conditioned citizen’s health and sanitation spread diseases among people, and constantly any subtle improvement in public health could have a major impact on society. However, at this time, people strongly believed in the influence on human bodies by the gods and devils, for which the physicians and the doctors all tried to fix their theories and adjust them to the principles of churches.
But the ‘psychological aspect involves multiple issues in it, that need to be listed before a comprehensive study of its impact on motherhood can be conducted. As has already been discussed in the previous chapter in detail, the psychological aspect is a two faced aspect, as it deals on the one hand with the biological state of a mother’s mind and on the other hand the effect of the psychological state, and its impact on her children. Because it is this maternal influence on the child’s mind that leads to further gender-prejudices. Since the psychological aspect is a cyclical process that sets the whole issue of the mother –child- daughter-mother relationship into a vicious cycle, therefore a specific starting point to begin the discussion becomes difficult to establish. Let us begin with a young girl, and study this circle as girl-mother-girl.
Health Assesment of the Raymond's Family Using Gordon's II Functional Health Pattern. The tool for nursing diagnosis by using Gordon's II Functional Health Pattern for individual or community is a very useful tool in assesing and evaluating the family. Health promotion is very important and relevant to nurses because it is based on the assumption that health and well-being is the result of harmony between the body and the enviroment (Crisp and Taylor 2009, P.257). This essay is going to put together the disscussion of the important views and aims to put together "objective" and "subjective."
In short, the biological model of health is mainly defined from the absence of disease, from the model that is well-matched with positive meanings in relation to balance of normal functioning. The social model health is actually a positive state of well-being and wholeness linked with however this is not mainly explained from the non-existence of disease, physical, mental impairment and illness (Gross, 2010). Overall the concepts of ill health and health are not balanced. Non-existences of disease might be part of health, however health is considered more than the “absence of disease”.
Back in the early 5th/4th c. BCE the Ancient Greeks were not blessed with the technology and information we have today. They are the reason we have so much of what we have because they can be looked at the original foundation that we evolved to the technology we have now. Looking back they were in charge of their own destiny by having to figure everything out by themselves and one the most difficult areas to have a strong hold on was the way diseases work as well as medicine. Some Greeks believed that the gods gave the powers of healing while others believed it was in nature. For example, some Greeks believed that climate and the weather had an effect on the human body.
People have varying definitions or, at least, thoughts on what health means to them. Examples may focus on physical attributes like the absence of illness or pain (morbidity), quantity of life itself (mortality), or on mental function including achievement of a state of happiness or avoidance of mental illness. My intuitive definition of health generally combines both principles of physical and mental and leaves space for specifics within those two categories. It is broad, flexible, yet not well defined. Psychology studies human mind and behaviour.
The Healing Environment: An Analyses of the Phenomenology of Illness and Disease Introduction Illness and disease are ubiquitous in human existence and express themselves in a myriad of forms. Despite all the different methods, techniques, and procedures created to prevent and cure ailments, disease always rears its ugly head. Regardless of the health of the individual or amount of medical procedures, all life will end in death.
It ignored a ‘mind-body connection’. Health however, is not simply limited to biology. “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not simply the absence of disease or infirmity” as defined by the World Health Organisation. The biopsychosocial model is an absolute necessity for clinical practice - it allows physicians to treat people who have diseases and not just the diseases people have. This will give us the ability to understand people beyond their biological functioning and to view human health in its fullest context.
The fact and experience of illness is not denied, but you learn to see it for what it really is — the out picturing of a belief, idea, or pattern of thought. It is but an effect, the result of a
By continuing to drink and lose his temper Juan has placed himself into a difficult predicament where he is now dealing with the child welfare system. The child welfare system became involved because of the risk that Juan not only places onto the children and his wife, Maria, but also on himself due to his excessive drinking and anger. In addition to his anger and alcoholism, it was mentioned in the case study “the local child welfare authorities have become involved when it appeared that the children were not being properly supervised”. Considering the young age of the children, it is important that they are properly supervised to ensure that they are not doing something they may put themselves or the other children. It is also important to