Health assignment 3

Define stress

the reaction of the body and mind to everyday challenges and demands

Define personal identity

what you develop as you grow. Your interests, your likes/dislikes, your abilities/talents, and your values/beliefs/goals.

List the three steps in the stress response

- Alarm - Resistance - Fatigue

List 3 stress-related health problems

- Asthma - Mood swings - Weakening your immune system

List 5 stressors and give an example of each

- Biological ex. Anxiety - Environmental ex. Dangerous neighborhood - Cognitive or thinking ex. Negative thinking - Personal Behavior ex. Self Destructive Behaviors - Life situation ex. Parents Death

List the three steps that help strengthen and build your developmental assets.

- Forming meaningful relationships - Develop a purpose in your life - Avoid unhealthy risk behaviors

List 5 ways to avoid stress

- Plan ahead - Be well rested - Get regular physical activity - Eat right - Avoid drug or substance abuse

List 4 Defense mechanisms

- Repression - Denial - Projection - Idealization

List four internal factors that you can control and that will help you become a resilient teenager

- community learning -positive values -social competency -positive identity

List the needs in Maslow's hierarchy of needs

-Physical -Safety -Belonging -Feeling recognized -Reaching protentional

List 5 symptoms of anxiety

-feelings of fear/dread -sweating/trembling/muscle tension -restlessness -shortness of breath -rapid heartbeat/lightheaded

Define personality

Complex set of character traits that make you unique

What is coping? Name two strategies.

Coping is what you do to deal with difficult changes in your life successfully. Doing something you love, or talking about your feelings

Name the steps of the grieving process

Denial or Numbness Emotional Releases Anger Bargaining Depression Remorse Acceptance Hope

What are three risk factors for suicide?

Depression/other mental illness, abusing alcohol or other drugs, history or depression/suicides in family

How can puberty and hormones affect your emotions?

Elevates emotions like depression, making them seem more intense

Define mental disorder

It is an illness that affects the mind and reduces a person's ability to function, to adjust to changes, or to get along with others.

What two major systems become active during the body's response to stressors?

Nervous systems and the endocrine system

Difference between organic disorder and functional disorder

Organic is caused by physical illness/injury that affects the brain. Functional is psychological cause and does not involve brain damage

Name 5 developmental assets that help a person become a healthy, responsible individual.

Positive values, empowerment, support, commitment to learning, and social competencies

Describe five therapy methods used for treating mental illness.

Psychotherapy: is when two people have an ongoing conversation with each other, these two people are a patient and a health professional. Behavioral Therapy: is when someone uses a treatment process that focusses on changing unwanted behaviors through rewards. Cognitive therapy: is a treatment method designed to identify and correct distorted thinking patterns that can lead to feelings/behaviors that could be dangerous. Group Therapy: is when you treat a group of people who have similar problems, and they meet regularly. The person leading is a trained professional. Biomedical Therapy: is when the patient uses medicine to get better/reduce symptoms of their disorder.

Difference between reactive depression and major depression

Reactive depression is a response to something (friends death) once you cope, it goes away Major depression is a medical condition that needs medical attention.

4 characteristics a person with good mental health would demonstrate

Realistic about their strengths or weaknesses, respects their needs and others needs, expresses their feelings in ways that are healthy and safe, view change as a challenge/opportunity

Name three verbal warning signs ad three behavioral signs

Verbal: "I want to die" "I won't have to put up with this much longer" "Nothing matters" Behavioral: Dramatize changes in personality hygiene or appearance, impulsive behavior and substance abuse

Explain how heredity, environment, and behavior affect your personality

You obtain certain characteristics from your parents as you obtain physical traits. People, places, and objects can affect how you respond in your day to day life. Behavior is how you respond to certain situations/how you develop character.

Define stress management and list three techniques to control unavoidable stress

You realize you're stressed and start to... - Relax/laugh - keep positive outlook - Seek out support

Define cluster suicides

a series of suicides occurring within a short period of time and involving several people in the same school or community

Define Mental/emotional health

ability to accept yourself and others, ability to adapt/manage emotions and del with challenges that life gives you

Define empathy

ability to imagine and understand how someone else feels.

Define defense mechanisms

mental processes that protect individuals from strong or stressful emotions and situations

Define constructive criticism

non hostile comments that point out problems and encourage improvement

What is the differnce between physical fatigue and pathological fatigue

physical fatigue is when you work your body for a long period of time, you experience soreness or pain. Pathological fatigue is when you over work the body's defenses in fighting a disease