Healthpsy - chapter1 PDF

Title	Healthpsy - chapter1
Course	BS Psychology
Institution	Angeles University Foundation
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Group members: Anjana Mohit, Kapadia Anugrah Section: AB PSY 4B

Date: 01/12/20

Health Psychology Case Analysis (Biopsychosocial Model) Case of Evette Biological Factors

Psychological Factors

Social Factors

Alcohol abuse

Evette experienced Sexual abuse.

Lives in a rural community which has high suicide rates, substance & alcohol abuse, assault, domestic sexual violence and mental health problems.

Obesity

Lifelong struggle with depression

Unhealthy relationship with her boyfriend

Evette’s brother is diabetic and her mother has heart disease

Chronic stress

Feels uncomfortable disclosing information to her community’s only doctor who is male

Reduced physical functioning

Caregiving stress

Inability to communicate openly with her doctor

High biological risks like short telomere length, myocardial infarction, diabetes and stroke.

Evette’s son graduates and moves out. Younger brother marries and her aging mother dies.

Distrustful of outside agencies due to complicated and painful relationship with outsiders. Trauma from colonization and loss of culture and native language...