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someone who is good shape, cares about their environment, good relationships, etc
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Characteristics of a healthy person
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illnesses, diseases, etc
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What are the impediments to performing well academically?
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Environmental health, social health, spiritual health, emotional health, intellectual health, and physical health
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Dimensions of health
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the dynamic, ever-changing process of trying to achieve one's potential in each of six interrelated dimensions based on one's own unique limitations and thoughts
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Wellness
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Medical Model-health status focused primarily on the individual and his or her tissues and organs
Public Health Model-a view of health in which diseases and other negative health events are seen as a result of an individual's interaction with his or her social and physical environment |
Models of health
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model of behavior change that identifies six district stages people go through in altering behavior patterns
1. Precontemplation-tried to change, but have given up;denial 2. Contemplation-realizing they do have a problem and needs to change, but is too lazy to make that change 3. Preparation 4. Action 5. Maintenance 6. Termination |
Transtheoretical model—Stages of change
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change of behavior through process
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Behavior modification process
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is the sum of how we think, relate, feel, and exist in our day-to-day lives
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psychological health
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they feel good about themselves, they feel comfortable with other people, they control tension and anxiety, and they meet the demands of life, they curb hate and guilt, they maintain a positive outlook, they value diversity, and they appreciate and respect nature
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Characteristics of psychologically healthy people
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Emotional health is the feeling part of psychological health and mental health is the thinking part of psychological health which includes our values, attitudes, and beliefs
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Difference between emotional health and mental health
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sense of self-respect and self-worth
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Self-esteem
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someone who has a sense of meaning or purpose of life, someone who have a belief of a particular religion, may include the ability to understand and express one;s purpose of life, and to care about and respect all new things
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Characteristics of spiritually healthy people
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an individual's belief that he or she is capable of achieving certain goals or of performing at a level that may influence events in life and is one of the most important factors that influences our health status
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Self-efficacy
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Self-Actualization, Esteem Needs, Social Needs, Security Needs, and Survival Needs
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Maslow's hierarchy of needs
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a class of mental disorders that are characterized by inflexible pattern of thought and beliefs that lead to socially distressing behavior
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Personality disorders
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a severe depressive disorder that entails chronic mood disorders, physical effects such as sleep disturbance and exhaustion, and mental effects such as the inability to concentrate; also called clinical depression
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Major depression (Clinical depression)
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pattern of responding to situations by giving up because of repeated failures in the past
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Learned helplessness
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it relieves stress, make us feel good, and helps us improve our relationships
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The importance of laughter
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often have mood swings, ranging from extreme highs to extreme lows(depression)
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Bipolar disorder
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severe anxiety reaction in which a particular situation, often for unknown reasons, causes terror
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Panic attacks
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a constant sense of worry that may cause restlessness, difficulty in concentrating, tension, and other symptoms
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Generalized anxiety
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a collection of symptoms that may occur as a delayed response to a serious trauma
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PTSD
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it allows you to refresh vital energy, cope with multiple stressors more effectively, and be productive when you need to be
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Importance of getting enough sleep
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valuing your beliefs
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Role of religion and spirituality
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having a good set of mind and being able to think clearly
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Mindfulness
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is the mental and physical response and adaption by our bodies to the real or perceived changes and challenges in our lives
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What is stress?
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salivation decreases, more blood flows to the brain, hearing ability increases, respiration rate increases, hate rate and blood pressure increases, etc stress that
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Stress response
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things that cause stress
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Stressors
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stress that can have a detrimental (damaging) effect on health; negative stress
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Distress
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stress that presents opportunities for personal health; positive stress
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Eustress
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when your body is at a good balance and stress level is low
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Homeostasis
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the pattern followed in the physiological response to stress, consisting alarm, resistance, exhaustion phases
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General Adaptation Syndrome
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I cant find that
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Father of stress management
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Type A-s defined as hard-driving, competitive, time-driven perfectionists.
Type B-are described as being relaxed, noncompetitive, and more tolerant of others Type C-are stoic and tend to deny feelings Type D- tendency toward excessive negative worry, irritability, gloom, and inability to express these feelings due to social inhibition |
Personality types
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exercising regularly, getting enough sleep, learning to relax, eating healthfully
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How to manage stress?
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is a social behavior or trend in which individuals live simpler lives to escape from the rat race of obsessive materialism and to reduce the “stress, overtime, and psychological expense that may accompany it”
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Downshifting
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stress-management technique in which a person consciously tries to prepare ahead of time for potential stressors
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Stress inoculation
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being able to visualize or picture something in mind
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What is visualization?
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a readily reversible state of reduced responsiveness to, and interaction with, the environment
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What is sleep?
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it conserves body energy and it restores you both physically and mentally
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Why is sleep important?
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the 24-hour cycle by which you are accustomed to going to sleep, waking up, and performing habitual behaviors.
Stage 1-drifting off Stage 2-your eyes are closed, and your eye and body movements gradually cease Stage 3-You enter deep sleep Stage 4-Your deepest sleep, human growth hormone is released and signals body to repair worn tissues |
The sleep cycles and the stages
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is the condition of not having enough sleep; it can be either chronic or acute
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Sleep deprivation
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Its called melatonin that causes drowsiness
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What is the sleep hormone?
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overly drinking alcohol or taking drugs
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Substance abuse and violence
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a set of behaviors that produces injuries, as well as the outcomes of these behaviors
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What is violence?
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any rape in which the rapist is known to the victim
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Acquaintance rape
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any act in which one person is sexually intimate with another person without that person's consent
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Sexual assault
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Depressants-drugs that show the activity of the central nervous system and causes sleepiness and calmness
Stimulant-drugs that increases activity of the central nervous system. |
Depressants and stimulants
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Insomnia, Sleep Apnea, Restless Legs Syndrome, and Narcolepsy
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Sleep disorders
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the difference between the number of hours of sleep an individual needed in a given time period and the number of hours he or she actually slept
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Sleep debt
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let there be light, stay active, sleep tight, create a sleep "cave", condition yourself into better sleep, make your bedroom a mental escape, breathe, don't toss and turn, and get rid of technology in the bedroom
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How to improve sleep?
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