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Define Psychoneuroimmunology

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Define psychoneuroimmunology. Explain how this field reflects the biopsychosocial rather than the biomedical model of health. Making explicit reference to the model of stress and disease developed in the text, suggest at least two ways that psychoneuroimmunologists could pay increased research attention to the social component of the biopsychosocial model of health.


Definitions:

Memory Loss

The inability to remember information or experiences that should normally be recallable.

Drug Therapy

The treatment of diseases or symptoms with pharmaceutical drugs, as prescribed by a healthcare provider.

Suicidal

Pertaining to having thoughts, intentions, or actions geared towards ending one's own life.

Placebo Effect

A phenomenon in which a person experiences a physiological or psychological improvement after being given a treatment with no therapeutic effect, due to their belief in the treatment's efficacy.

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