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Alcoholic |
2 + DUI's Can't produce enough dopamine Can't control when to stop drinking |
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Binge drinking & men vs women (all in 2 hours) |
Binge drinking: excessive use of alcohol men: 5 drinks in 2 hrs women: 4 drinks in 2 hrs |
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heavy drinking |
5 or more drinks for 5 of last 30 days |
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what percentage of college students binge drink? |
35% |
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safe way to drink for men and women |
Low risk drinking men: no more than 4 drinks a day / 14 per wk women: no more than 3 drinks a day / 7 per wk |
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what does drinking effect? |
mind, body, memory, learning |
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prime drinking years |
highschool & college |
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first drink |
gives stronger sense of pleasure than ever before |
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1 in 9 who drink become ? |
alcoholic, and half of them get it from genetics |
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alcohol releases pleasure causing ? |
dopamine, glutamate, serotonin |
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alcohol addiction factors? |
social outcast, handles liquor well, peers that are heavy drinkers, demoralized |
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warning signs of drinking problem? |
do things while drinking hop on bandwagon problems with friends or family 2 or more blackouts |
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AA success vs betty success? |
AA = 50% Success Betty Ford = 60% or higher |
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drinking that doesn't alter brain chemistry? |
1 per women, 2 per men |
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spirituality vs relgiolity |
spirituality: journey to give meaning to life - concerned with values, meaning and purpose religiosity: participation in practicing beliefs -attending church |
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how can a person be highly religious but not spiritual? |
they attend church on the daily however don't form a connection with god |
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according to duke, how many years of life is added when participating in religion? |
7-14 years which is equivalent to not smoking |
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5 qualities of spiritual health |
1) sense of meaning and purpose 2) belief in higher power 3) connectedness 4) compassion 5) forgiveness |
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Feelings without forgiving? |
resentment, harbor, anger, bitterness |
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Altruism |
helping others without thinking of self benefit |
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ABC'S of money |
A: Assessment (become aware of your habits, thoughts, emotions, how you spend $) B: Budget (plan for $ management) C: Control (control how much your spend by making informed choices) |
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how many hours a day sitting increases death 18% for men and 37% for women? (even if you exercise regularly) |
6 or more hours sitting per day |
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average american minutes spent working out vs minutes spent watching tv? |
15 minutes of working out vs 150 minutes of tv |
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what percentage of americans are not moderately active? what percent do not exercise at all? |
54% are not moderately active 25% do not exercise at all |
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Building strength |
heavy weight, low reps (8-12 reps) |
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Building endurance |
low weight, high reps (15-20 reps) |
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2 days / 48 hours in between of working out? |
- replenish muscle - dont go more than 2 days w/o working out to stay in shape |
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how many days a week for each muscle group? |
between 2 & 3 days |
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average amount of cardio per day? |
30 minutes of moderate 5 times a week 20 minutes of vigorous (jogging) 3-4 times a week |
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Isotonic |
most popular uses free weights |
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Iskokentic k(eq) |
uses equipment to distribute tension throughout body and provides max resistance |
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Isometric |
least effective: pushing and pulling |
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according to research, does stretching support prevention of injury? |
No |
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by excersicing what happens to HDL and LDL |
HDL is increased (good cholesterol) LDL is decreased (bad cholesterol) |
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What was the leading cause of death in 2005? |
suicide for people 40 years or younger |
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what causes suicide? |
break ups, loss of job, police issue, crosses |
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more than 50% of suicides are successful with the help of what? |
gun use |
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having a gun handy increases suicide by how many times? |
2-10 times |
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females vs males in suicide? |
females contemplate more but males are more successful |
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risk factors of suicide? |
previous attempts, major depressive disorder, substance abuse, family history |
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decreasing risk of suicide? |
improving problem solving coping with stress increasing resilience antidepressants cog therapy (shows to decrease by 50%) just to loss develop connections to people and activites |
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Grieving coping: |
becoming aware of loss express yourself mind body and spirit usage |
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grieving causes: |
major losses in shot period of time lost someone very important have a history of depression or anxiety |
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grieving time span? |
weeks or years depending on loss |
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warmer colors |
stimulate alertness, creativity, socialization and appetite yellows, peach, coral pleasant activity rooms, dining |
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cooler colors |
stimulate spiritualness, quiet, peace, contemplative thoughts blues, greens, violets monotonous task take place |
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green |
growth, healing, peace, spiritual |
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monotonous color shcemes |
deprive brain of stimulation, deterioration of intelligence |
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color effects? |
sense of time, seize, volume |
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natural light |
most healing |
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increased exposure to daylight? |
increases test scores increases quality of sleep increases endorphins elevates mood lowers blood pressure promotes emotional well being |
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smells and air |
smells are kept in memory air helps clear and calm the mind |
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loud noises cause? |
hearing loss |
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prolonged exposure of how many decibels can cause hearing problems? |
85 decibles |
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85 decibels examples? 130 decibels example? 140? |
85- loud music, car horn, motor cylce 130- rock concert 140- car stereo |
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loud noise vs white noise |
loud noise causes anxiety, irritability, HBP white noise soothes (waterfall) |
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how to eliminate background noise? |
spend time in silence |
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heat hypothesis? |
hot temperatures increase aggressive motives and behavior rates of violence increase |
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Feng Shui |
ancient study of Chinese natural environment used to determine most favorable location for people and things - uses warm light, not overly bright, avoid having people sit in the way of things (doorway) |
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Nature |
helps heal by bringing nature indoors, artwork, aquariums, gardens, plants |
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ergonomics: |
study of task performed by workers in order to design appropriate living and working environments for them goal: make work safer and enhance work skills and well being |
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technostress |
feelings of anxiety, incompetence, dependence and frustration |
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aging myth: |
aging brings illness and disability |
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only 5% of those over 65 years old live in where? |
an institution |
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7 keys to aging well (people who have 4 of these or more by age 50 are 1/3rd less likely to be dead by 80) |
1) not smoking 2) taking lives ups and downs in stride 3) exercises 4) education 5) absence of alc use 6) healthy mariage 7) healthy weight |
