Category Archives: OCR A2 Psychology

Stress OCR A2 Health and Clinical Psychology

Stress – Health and Clinical Psychology Subsection

Stress – Health and Clinical Psychology Subsection

 

Stress is the second subsection that we will be looking at from the Health and Clinical unit from OCR A2 Psychology.

There are three sub-sections within stress which we look at:

  1. Causes of Stress
  2. Measuring Stress
  3. Managing Stress

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Watt et al (2003) – Improving Adherence

Watt et al., (2003) ‘Funhaler spacer – improving adherence without compromising delivery’, Archive of Disease in Childhood 88 (7),
579–82).

 

Background

This is the third study we will be looking at from the Features of adherence to medical regimes‘ section of ‘Healthy Living’, as part of your OCR A2 Health and Clinical Psychology course. It is further categorised into ‘Improving Adherence

In the first study we looked at from ‘Features of adherence to medical regimes’ Bulpitt and Fletcher (1988) – Reasons for non-adherence: cognitive rational non-adherence, we looked at rational reasons for patients not adhering to medical regimes.

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Lustman et al (2000) – Measuring non-adherence

Lustman et al., (2000) ‘Fluoxetine for depression in diabetes: a randomized double-blind placebo controlled trial’, Diabetes Care 23 (5), 618–23);

 

Background

This is the second study we will be looking at from the Features of adherence to medical regimes‘ section of ‘Healthy Living’, as part of your OCR A2 Health and Clinical Psychology course. It is further categorised into ‘Measuring non-adherence

 

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Schizophrenia

Gottesman and Shields (1972) – Biological

Gottesman, I. I. and Shields, J. (1972) ‘A review of recent adoption twin and family studies of Schizophrenia’ Journal of Abnormal Psychology 86, 103–26);

 

Background

This is the first study we will be looking at from the ‘Explanations of Dysfunctional Behaviour’ section of ‘Dysfunctional Behaviour’, as part of your OCR A2 Health and Clinical Psychology course. It is further categorised into ‘Biological.

The following study considers schizophrenia, something which is often misunderstood, therefore it is highly recommended that you read: Schizophrenia: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

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Bulpitt, C. J. and Fletcher, A. E. (1988) – Reasons for non-adherence

Bulpitt, C. J. and Fletcher, A. E. (1988) ‘Importance of well-being to hypertensive patients’, American Journal of Medicine 29 (84), 40–6);

 

Background

This is the first study we will be looking at from the Features of adherence to medical regimes‘ section of ‘Healthy Living’, as part of your OCR A2 Health and Clinical Psychology course. It is further categorised into ‘Reasons for non-adherence

In this section of Health & Clinical Psychology, we will be considering why people will or will not adhere to medical regimes. Many people do not complete their full course of antibiotics and this is a thought to be a reason behind ‘superbugs.’

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