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Born in Warrington, Lancashire, in 1952, Parker attended Strodes College, Egham and gained a BSc First Class Honours in Zoology at the University of Wales, Bangor.He worked as an exhibition scientist at the Natural History Museum, and as editor and managing editor at Dorling Kindersley Publishers, and commissioning editor at medical periodical GP, before becoming a freelance writer in the late ...
More recently, the model has been applied to understand intentions to vaccinate (e.g. COVID-19), [7] responses to symptoms of disease, compliance with medical regimens, [1] lifestyle behaviors (e.g. sexual risk behaviors), [5] and behaviors related to chronic illnesses, which may require long-term behavior maintenance in addition to initial ...
Prolonged psychological stress may negatively impact health, and has been cited as a factor in cognitive impairment with aging, depressive illness, and expression of disease. [71] Stress management is the application of methods to either reduce stress or increase tolerance to stress. Relaxation techniques are
Recent advances in psychological, medical, and physiological research have led to a new way of thinking about health and illness. This conceptualization, which has been labeled the biopsychosocial model, views health and illness as the product of a combination of factors including biological characteristics (e.g., genetic predisposition), behavioral factors (e.g., lifestyle, stress, health ...
Methods to detect and address an existing disease prior to the appearance of symptoms. [18] Examples include treatment of hypertension (a risk factor for many cardiovascular diseases), and cancer screenings. [19] Tertiary prevention Methods to reduce the harm of symptomatic disease, such as disability or death, through rehabilitation and ...
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Rationalization is the practice of attempting to use reasoning to minimize the severity of an incident, or avoid approaching it in ways that could cause psychological trauma or stress. It most commonly manifests in the form of making excuses for the behavior of the person engaging in the rationalization, or others involved in the situation the ...
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