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Nowadays, people are at the risk of many diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, cancer and osteoarthritis (rrr, 99). This is mainly because of their sedentary life styles, unhealthy diet, smoking and air pollution (88, 00). Therefore, health promotion is extremely significant as it plays an important role in reducing the risks of disease in individuals throughout the world (u, 0). According to Cancer Research UK (2009), smoking is one of the modifiable risk factors of chronic disease such as…

reduction of background craving as well as cue-induced. For example, nicotine patch therapy has shown benefits for nicotine withdrawal and background craving (Ferguson & Shiffman, 2009), but not for cue-induced craving. Further, neither nicotine gum, bupropion, nor varenicline have shown benefits for prevention of cue-induced craving it never has made since to cure something by adding more of it to your system. The substitution strategy (gum for cigarettes) may leave the addictive loop intact…

Name: KOH WEI YING (A148456) Title: Reflective writing for HKL Visit 1) What you have learned from the visit. Firstly, I learned three ways of using nicotine-containing products which include smoking, chewing and sniffing with given examples for each. Besides that, I was amazed by the severe consequences as a passive smoker (exposure of >15mins twice weekly). I was taught that it is harder to quit smoking than to quit any other substance abuse like codeine or morphine. It is also important…

Binge-eating is commonly related to low self-esteem and depression. This leads a person to compensate for feeling bad by eating large amounts of food at one time and then feeling worse about themselves afterwards. Stress can be a huge trigger to someone with a binge-eating disorder. Identifying the triggers will be an important factor when it comes to choosing which treatment will be most effective. Focusing on reducing the binges should be top priority. Eating healthy and exercising will be key…

Marcus Jones is a 15 year-old African American high school student who is showing all signs of addictive behavior to online gaming. His grandmother has brought him here in hopes to seek help in ending his addiction to online gaming, so Marcus can lead a normal life with social interaction with other individuals his age. After speaking with Marcus during a routine session to evaluate his addictive behavior, I have come to the conclusion that Marcus is addicted to online gaming, and if treatment…

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder In the 1990 's the disorders, Attention-Deficit Disorder, which shortened is A.D.D., and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, also known as A.D.H.D., was officially combined into one disorder which is Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, which is also known as A.D/H.D. Although many people today still call the disorder A.D.D. and A.D.H.D. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder mainly affects children and teens. It affects 3-5% of the children…

Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death. Out of the 42 million adult smokers in the United States, nearly 16 million live with a smoking related disease, about 480,000 deaths are caused from cigarette smoking, and 42,000 deaths are caused by secondhand smoking each year.1 Lifetime smoking usually begins around the age of 18. However, the average age kids start smoking is between 11 and 13 years old.2 The earlier the age a person begins smoking, the greater the risk the person has…

ADHD is a chronic disorder that gives someone trouble with paying attention and concentrating. “...affects millions of children and often persists into childhood”(1). It also makes a person hyper. ADHD will give a person symptoms/sign in behavioral, cognitive, and their mood. Behavioral problems such as: hyperactivity, aggression, repetition, and continuous movement. Cognitive problems such as: forgetting easily, not being able to focus, and a short attention span. They get mood changes which…

Bipolar can affect a person’s life and also their friends and family around them. I struggle with Bipolar and depression. So does my mother. I have to take medication in order to help me function because my moods are all over the place. It is a struggle every single day but, my medication does help out with it a bunch. I have been on medicine for over 10 years. If you do not try and get it treated your life can be a mess trust me I have been down that road and it is honestly not fun. It has…

Many people view depression as just being sad, but it’s not just that. It is a disease that takes over a person ability to feel emotions. Most people can easily recognize signs and symptoms of heart attack, asthma attack, hypertension and many more medical conditions. However they struggle with the day in and day out signs and symptoms of depression. Depression does not only involve the mind . It also affects how people process their thoughts, emotion, and body . The vast majority will be…