Health Psychology, 2nd Edition

252 RELATING TO PATIENTS

Psychological contributions to patient care

Imagine you joined a multidisciplinary clinic for people with LTIs and were asked to

draw up a brief report on how application of psychological theory and research

could help improve the care the clinic was offering. Make notes for your report.

ACTIVITY 10.1

• Acupuncture


• Adaptation


• Adherence


• Anxiety reduction


• Asthma


• Biofeedback


• Calgary-Cambridge
  consultation model


• Cause


• Chronic obstructive
  pulmonary disease
  (COPD)


• Chronic pain


• Classical conditioning


• Cognitive care


• Complementary or
  alternative medicine
  (CAM)


• Compliance


• Concordance


• Consultation duration


• Continuity of care


• Diabetes
  
  
  • Direct and positive
    consultation style
  
  
  • Doctor-centred
  
  
  • Emotional care
  
  
  • Endogenous opioids
  
  
  • Event-based recall
  
  
  • Extinction
  
  
  • Gate-control theory
  
  
  • Homeopathy
  
  
  • Hypnosis
  
  
  • Identity
  
  
  • Long-term illness
    (LTI)
  
  
  • Multidisciplinary
  
  
  • Non-painful imagery
  
  
  • Operant conditioning
  
  
  • Pain redefinition
  
  
  • Patient-centredness
  
  
  • Patient empowerment
  
  
  • Patient expectations
  
  
  • Patient satisfaction
  
  
  • Pendleton et al.’s
    seven tasks
    
    
    • Perceived
      effectiveness of
      treatment
    
    
    • Perceived symptom
      seriousness
    
    
    • Perspective taking
    
    
    • Placebo effect
    
    
    • Positive affect
    
    
    • Progressive muscle
      relaxation
    
    
    • Quality of life
    
    
    • Recall
    
    
    • Reinforcement
    
    
    • Selective serotonin
      reuptake inhibitors
      (SSRIs)
    
    
    • Self image
    
    
    • Symptom detection
    
    
    • Time-based recall
    
    
    • Timeline and control
    
    
    • Visual-analogue
      scale
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

KEY CONCEPTS AND TERMS