Theme 1: Social Factors And Health

Question 1

What is included in this theme

Answer 1

Zola’s triggers to consultation
Medical model
Social model
Biopsychosocial model

Question 2

What are the 5 triggers to consultation

Answer 2

Interferes with sport/ work
Social relationships
Interpersonal crisis
Temporalising symptoms
Sanctioning

Question 3

Zola: interferes with sport or work

Answer 3

f symptoms get in the way of patient doing their job/
sport they are more likely to consult

Question 4

Zola: social relationships

Answer 4

If symptoms cause breakdown of relationships around the patient
they are more likely to consult

Question 5

Zola: Interpersonal crisis

Answer 5

patient experiences a crisis they may become more focused on
their symptoms and more likely to consult

Question 6

Zola: temporalising symptoms

Answer 6

“if still hurting in a week I’ll go to the doctors”

Question 7

Zola: sanctioning

Answer 7

y wife told me I had to come”, includes media campaigns and
celebrities getting diseases and raising awareness

Question 8

Definition of the medical model

Answer 8

w mental health disorders as a biological malfunction or disruption.
Suggests mental health disorders can be understood and treated similarly to physical
illnesses. Viewed from different perspective

Question 9

Different perspectives in the. Medical model

Answer 9

Biochemical
Genetic
Adoption studies
Brain abnormalities

Question 10

Medical model: biochemical

Answer 10

dysfunctional behaviour can be explained by too much or not enough of
a particular neurotransmitter or enzyme e.g. schizophrenia caused by the excess levels
of dopamine activity in synapses, causes hallucinations

Question 11

Medical model: genetic

Answer 11

disorders due to the phenotype, not the genotype e.g. people don’t inherit
genes for schizophrenia or anxiety they inherit genes making them vulnerable to the
disorder

Question 12

Medical model: adoption studies

Answer 12

comparison of the rates of any disorder between adopted children
and both biological and adoptive parents, another means for assessing the genetic
component, if the rate is higher when related to biological parents than adoptive then
indicates genetic component

Question 13

Medical model: brain abnormalities

Answer 13

s of the brain are damaged/ not functioning normally then
can cause abnormal behaviour e.g. within schizophrenia enlargement of the ventricles,
role of the ventral striatum and the functioning left hemisphere, negative symptoms
including avolition can be associated with abnormalities in the ventral striatum

Question 14

What comprises the social model

Answer 14

Addresses broader determinants of health
Involves intersectoral collaboration
Acts to reduce social inequities
Acts to enable access to health
Empowers individuals and communities

Question 15

Social model: Addresses the broader determinants of health

Answer 15

broader cultural, social, economic and
environmental determinants play significant role in health promotion

Question 16

Social model: Intersectoral collaboration

Answer 16

government and non-government organisations
who have influence over the sociocultural and environmental factors that influence
health status

Question 17

Social model: Reduce social inequities

Answer 17

involves those who experience barriers to improving
their health e.g. low socioeconomic status, rural locations, males. Focus on social
determinants that influence health like SES, social exclusion, access to health care and
unemployment

Question 18

Social model: acts to enable access to health

Answer 18

culture, language barriers, economic and geographical
factors, education levels can impact ability to source health care

Question 19

Social model: empowering individuals and communities

Answer 19

o people can participate in decision making
about their health and well-being, more likely to participate if they feel they have a sense of power and control over their situation, more able to make positive changes to
their health and well-being

Question 20

Social model: advantages

Answer 20

promotes good health, inexpensive, vulnerable population groups are
targeted, education passed from generations, shared responsibility for health

Question 21

Social model: disadvantages

Answer 21

t all conditions can be prevented, doesn’t promote technology/
medical knowledge development, doesn’t address concerns of individuals, health
promotion messages may be ignored

Question 22

What is the biopsychosocial model

Answer 22

describing and explaining how biological and social factors combine and
interact to influence a persons mental health

Question 23

BPS model: biological factor

Answer 23

physiologically based or determined influences often not
under our control e.g. genes, gender, brain chemistry, brain function, nervous system
and hormones

Question 24

BPS model: psychological factor

Answer 24

l those influences associated with mental
processes e.g. beliefs and attitudes, personality traits, ways of thinking, learning and
memory, perceptions

Question 25

BPS: social factor

Answer 25

Our skills in interacting with others the range and quality
about interpersonal relationships e.g. interpersonal relationships, social networks,
lifestyle, stressors, SES, education levels, cultural values