An apple a day! (Chronic Illness) | Ouch, Charlie that really hurt! (Pain) | Help! Get me an intervention! (psychosocial interventions) | Make sure to count those sheep! (Sleep) | When I grow up, I want to be a health psychologist! |
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What is type 2 diabetes?
This type of diabetes results from when your body either doesn't produce enough insulin or resists insulin, is highly related to your diet, and develops over time.
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What is suffering?
This is an emotional response that can happen in the absence of pain.
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What are educational interventions?
This type of intervention focuses on providing accurate, clear, and understandable information about a disease, it's prognosis, and treatment plan.
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What is sleep hygiene?
Limiting light before sleep, keeping a consistent sleep schedule, and only getting in your bed when you are sleepy are all examples of this.
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What is public health?
A health psychologist that works on promoting better health by designing and implementing broader-scale interventions to a large population of people, rather than on the individual level works in this area of health psychology.
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What is HIV?
This is an immunodeficiency virus that attacks the body's immune system and can eventually severely damage your immune system.
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What is the Gate Control Theory?
This is a theoretical mechanism in the spinal cord that controls access to the brain allowing painful nerve impulses to get through or not.
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What is interdisciplinary care?
This psychosocial intervention is a collaboration among multiple providers like doctors, nurses, psychologists, physical therapists, etc.
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What is Rapid Eye Movement (REM)?
This is the stage that is important for consolidating memories, turning knowledge into long-term memories, solving problems, and helping with learning.
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What is a bad patient perception of receiving psychological services?
This can happen when psychological services are not part of standard care and are offered to patients in a way that makes them feel like they are crazy.
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What is kidney disease?
Dialysis is the primary treatment for this disease.
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What is the immune system?
Pain suppresses this system of the human body.
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What is behavioral methods?
This type of psychosocial intervention can include stimulus control and reinforcement.
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What is CBT-I (cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia)?
This is the most effective therapeutic treatment for insomnia.
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What is a master's degree?
This is typically the minimum level of training you need in order to work as a psychologist or health psychologist.
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What is fibromyalgia?
This is a disorder characterized by musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, and tenderness.
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What is the McGill Pain Questionnaire?
This is the best self-report measure of nociception.
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What is biofeedback?
This method can be used to learn how to control your body's functions by using electronic instruments that help you receive information about your body's functions.
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Who are adolescents?
This population needs about 8.5-9.5 hours of sleep.
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What is a private practice?
As a health psychologist, this is where you would treat patients individually, session by session, who come to your office themselves or are referred to you from another medical provider.
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What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)?
This is a group of progressive lung diseases that obstruct airflow.
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What are C fibers?
This is a myelinated nerve fiber that is involved with slow, persistent, full, aching, burning pain.
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What is cognitive restructuring?
This part of a psychosocial intervention involves replacing unrealistic (or unhelpful) thoughts with more realistic or constructive thoughts.
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What is BOTH too much sleep and too little sleep
This amount of sleep increases risk for CVD in nurses.
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What is research/teaching?
Prevention, direct patient treatment management, and ___________ are the three broad career categories for health psychologists.
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