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Integrated -mitogen
Health psy. vocab. from integrated trauma
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| intergenerational trauma | the transfer of trauma-induced harm from one generation to the next |
| integrative model of behavioural prediction | behavior is preceded by intention, and that intention is influenced by subjective norms, and beliefs about efficacy |
| internal imagery | technique in which an individual imagines being inside their body, experiencing a given situation |
| internality-externality hypothesis | in people of normal weight, feelings of hunger and satiety come from within (hunger pangs or feelings of fullness), but obese people respond to external stimuli (time, sight of food) |
| intrusive cognitions | unwanted thought, often visual in nature, related to the patient's ideas about cancer and death |
| invasiveness | measure of extent to which hospital procedures, in a physical sense, involve piercing the skin or entering the body with instruments or have embarrassment potential |
| irrelevant appraisal | cognitive process by which an event is appraised as having no implications for the individuals well-being |
| isokinetic exercise | places tension on a muscle group through a complete range of motion |
| isotonic exercise | uses weights or calisthenics to place tension on a muscle through the shortening or lengthening of the muscle group |
| lay referral system | informal network of non-practitioners who offer their own interpretations long before any medical treatment is sought |
| leptin | hormone that responds to weight loss by increasing hunger levels until the person's weight returns to its ideal or target level |
| limbic system | brain areas responsible, in part, for emotion in the stress response |
| local anaesthetics | pain-relieving chemicals that can be applied topically but are much more effective when injected at the site where the pain originates |
| lock-out interval | time between allowable dosages, when patient-controlled analgesia is used. A device is set by a practitioner to control this period |
| malignant neoplasmas | cancerous growths that may be treated by radiation and chemical therapy |
| medical jargon | technical language used by a physician that is sometimes unintelligible to the patient |
| medical level of health promotion | the orientation is disease-based and the goal is disease treatment |
| meditation | form of relaxation in which one attempts to focus attention fully on a single thought or image |
| message framing | the extent to which positive or negative aspects of an outcome are emphasized in a health promotion message |
| metastisized | spread (frequently used to denote the spread of cancer) |
| mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) | emphasizes the development of non-judging awareness and acceptance of cognitive, affective, and sensory experiences as they occur in the moment |
| mitogen | relatively harmless substance that stimulates immune cell activity as though the immune cell were acting against an invading cell or antigen |
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