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- 2. Illness with Alternating periods with no symptoms, then many symptoms
- 5. People who express distress and conflict through bodily symptoms.
- 6. Illness that is Short in duration, with no long term consequences
- 9. Individuals free from illness who are nonetheless concerned about their physical state and frequently and inappropriately use medical services. (7,4)
- 12. Are worried that normal bodily symptoms are indicators of illness and they make extensive use of medical care service
- 13. The act of delaying seeking treatment for recognized symptoms. (5,8)
- 14. The modification or supplementation of a prescribed treatment regimen on the basis of privately held theories about the disorder or its treatment. (8.12)
- 15. A defense mechanism involving the inability to recognize or deal with external threatening events; believed to be an early reaction to the diagnosis of a chronic or terminal illness.
- 17. An organized set of beliefs about an illness or a type of illness, including its nature, cause, duration, and consequences. (7,15)
- 18. The time between recognizing that a symptom exists and deciding that it is serious. (9,5)
- 20. The medically beneficial impact of an inert treatment. (7,6)
- 21. A technique of relaxation and pain control in which a person conjures up a picture that is held in mind during a painful or stressful experience. (6,7)
- 22. A delay in treating symptoms, which results from problems within the medical system, such as faulty diagnoses or lost test results. (7,5)
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- 1. A pain management technique involving relaxation, suggestion, distraction, and the focusing of attention.
- 2. A model of illness maintaining that people hold implicit commonsense beliefs about their symptoms and illnesses that result in organized illness representations or schemas and that influence their treatment decisions and adherence. (11,5)
- 3. Benefits of being treated for illness, including the ability to rest, to be freed from unpleasant tasks, and to be taken care of by others. (9,5)
- 4. An informal network of family and friends who help an individual interpret and treat a disorder before the individual seeks formal medical treatment. (3,8,7)
- 7. The relabeling of symptoms of fatigue and exhaustion as a particular illness resulting from learning about that illness; called medical students' disease because overworked medical students are vulnerable to this labeling effect. (7,8,7)
- 8. A technique of healing and pain control, developed in China, in which long, thin needles are inserted into designated areas of the body to reduce discomfort in a target area.
- 10. The time between deciding to seek treatment and actually doing so. (10,5)
- 11. A method whereby an individual is provided with ongoing, specific information or feedback about how a particular physiological process operates, so that he or she can learn how to modify that process.
- 14. Illnesses that are long lasting and usually irreversible.
- 16. A philosophy characterized by the belief that health is a positive state that is actively achieved; usually associated with certain nontraditional health practices. (8,6)
- 17. The time between recognizing that a symptom implies an illness and the decision to seek treatment. (7,5)
- 19. A medical treatment that produces an effect in a patient because of its therapeutic intent and not its nature.