Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute.
Basic Biobehavioral and Psychological Sciences Branch, Behavioral Research Program, National Cancer Institute.
Health Psychol. 2019 Sep;38(9):772-782. doi: 10.1037/hea0000762.
The increasing prevalence of multimorbidity in the United States and the rest of the world poses problems for patients and for health care providers, care systems, and policy. After clarifying the difference between comorbidity and multimorbidity, this article describes the challenges that the prevalence of multimorbidity presents for well-being, prevention, and medical treatment. We submit that health psychology and behavioral medicine have an important role to play in meeting these challenges because of the holistic vision of health afforded by the foundational biopsychosocial model. Furthermore, opportunities abound for health psychology/behavioral medicine to study how biological, social and psychological factors influence multimorbidity. This article describes three major areas in which health psychologists can contribute to understanding and treatment of multimorbidity: (a) etiology; (b) prevention and self-management; and (c) clinical care. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
在美国和世界其他地区,多种疾病的发病率不断上升,给患者和医疗服务提供者、护理系统和政策带来了问题。本文在澄清了合并症和多种疾病之间的区别后,描述了多种疾病的流行给幸福感、预防和治疗带来的挑战。我们认为,健康心理学和行为医学在应对这些挑战方面发挥着重要作用,因为基础的生物心理社会模型提供了健康的整体视野。此外,健康心理学/行为医学有很多机会研究生物、社会和心理因素如何影响多种疾病。本文描述了健康心理学家可以为理解和治疗多种疾病做出贡献的三个主要领域:(a)病因;(b)预防和自我管理;(c)临床护理。(心理学文摘数据库记录(c)2019APA,保留所有权利)。