HLTH 1100 FINAL: Part 1
Self-efficacy:
Belief in one's own ability to perform a task successfully
Which of the following is a common sign of major depression (clinical depression)?
Loss of motivation, memory lapses, sleeping too much
Intellectual health (a dimension of health) includes
Think clearly, reason objectively, analyze critically, learning from successes and mistakes, responsible decisions, healthy curiosity, interest in learning
Disease prevention:
actions or behaviors designed to keep people from getting sick or injured
Melody has been experiencing severe mood swings, having a lot of manic energy for a period and then experiencing an extremely depressed state. Her symptoms are associated with
bipolar disorder.
Emotional health can best be described as
feel and express emotions appropriately
A healthy person is
free of illness, mentally and emotionally stable, and physically fit.
Celia spends a good deal of her time worrying, is easily fatigued, and often has difficulty concentrating, which is affecting her grades. Her symptoms may characterize
generalized anxiety disorder.
Dysthymic Disorder:
harder to recognize than depression, milder, fatigue, pessimism, short temper
Spiritual health could best be described as
having a sense of meaning and purpose in one's life
Overall, the leading cause of death for Americans is
heart disease.
Healthy People 2020 is a plan designed to
improve health-related quality of life and years of life of Americans.
Borderline personality disorder (BPD):
impulsiveness, gambling, unsafe sex, illicit drugs, erratic mood swings, reality distortion, self-injury
A mentally healthy student who gets a bad grade on an exam would respond by
learning from the situation and improving study habits
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD):
occurs in winter months when sunlight is low, irritability, apathy, carb craving, weight gain, increased sleep, sadness
Purpose/goals of the "Healthy People" documents
Goal of improving the health-related quality of life and years of life for all Americans. It provides objectives and science-based benchmarks to focus efforts and monitor progress on meeting those objectives. 1. Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable diseases 2. Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups 3. Create social and physical environments that promote good health or all 4. Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages
Which of the following is true about laughter?
It reduces levels of stress hormones
Which of the following situations would be likely to boost your self-esteem?
Keeping in contact with old friends and family members
Dimensions of health include
Physical, social, intellectual, emotional, spiritual, and environmental health
Spiritual health ( a dimension of health) includes
Sense of meaning and purpose in life. Believing in a supreme being or following religious rules and custom Ability to understand and express one's purpose in life, part of greater spectrum of existence, experience peace, contentment, wonder, care and respect living things.
Self-esteem:
Sense of self-respect or self-worth
Mental health:
The thinking part of psychological health' includes your values, attitudes, and beliefs Perceives life in realistic ways, adapts to change, develop rational strategies to solve problems, and carries out personal and professional responsibilities Ability to sort through information, messages, and life events; attach meaning to those events; and respond appropriately.
Jane is sedentary and obese. What effect, if any, do these have on her dimensions of health?
They affect all her dimensions of health
Environmental health ( a dimension of health) includes
Understanding how the health of the environment affects you (+/-). Protecting yourself from hazards in environment, preserve, protect, and improve environmental conditions
Eve is always upset about something. It seems she is never really happy. Her mental outlook is likely to adversely affect
all dimensions of health.
Mental illnesses characterized by ongoing worry and a sense of threat or agitation are
anxiety disorders.
Research on depression has found that women
are prone to depression because of the multiple responsibilities in their lives
A treatment for depression that involves correcting consistently pessimistic thought patterns is
cognitive therapy
Personality Disorder:
inflexible patterns of thought and beliefs that lead to socially distressing behavior
The six dimensions of wellness
interact continuously.
Keisha puts herself down all the time. She approaches any challenge with a negative attitude and doubts her ability to succeed. Keisha is displaying
low self-esteem.
Antisocial personality disorders:
manipulation, criminal behavior, lack of remorse, arrogance, anger
Common signs of major/clinical depression
o Loss of motivation o Sadness and despair o Preoccupation with failures and inadequacies; concern what others are thinking o Difficulty concentrating; indecisiveness memory lapses o Lost sex drive or interest in close interactions o Fatigue and loss of energy; slow reactions o Sleeping too much or too little; insomnia o Feeling agitated, worthless, or hopeless o Withdrawal from friends and family o Diminished or increased appetite o Significant weight loss or weight gain o Recurring thoughts that life isn't worth living; thought of death or suicide
Panic Disorders:
panic attacks: acute anxiety reaction in which a particular situation, often for unknown reasons, causes terror, chills, hot flashes, shortness of breath, stomach cramps, chest pain, difficulty swallowing, and sense of doom or death
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is associated with
reduced exposure to sunlight.
Jose's belief that he can successfully pass his biology midterm is an example of
self-efficacy
Narcissistic personality disorders:
self-importance and self-absorption
Life expectancy in the early 1900s was largely determined by a person's
susceptibility to infectious disease.
Our life expectancy is better today than a century ago because of
vaccines, antibiotics, and infection control.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD):
A collection of symptoms that may occur as a delayed response to a serious trauma, dissociation of the mind from emotional state or from the body, flashbacks, nightmares, recurrent thoughts or images, acute anxiety or nervousness, cries easily, experiences mood swings, insomnia, difficulty concentrating shaking, nausea
Generalized Anxiety Disorder:
A constant sense of worry that may cause restlessness, difficulty in concentrating, tension, and other symptoms, and that interferes with daily life
Phobia Disorders:
A deep and persistent fear of a specific object, activity, or situation that results in a compelling desire to avoid the source of the fear
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD):
A form of anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent, unwanted thoughts and repetitive behaviors
Bipolar Disorder:
A form of mood disorder, alternating mania and depression "manic depression"
Social Phobia:
A phobia characterized by fear and avoidance of social situations "social anxiety disorder"
Physical health (one of the dimensions of health) includes
Body size, shape, sensory acuity, responsiveness, susceptibility to disease and disorders, body functioning, physical fitness, and recuperative abilities Our ability to perform normal activities of daily living.
Social health (a dimension of health) includes
Broad social network, maintain satisfying interpersonal relationships with friends, family members, and partners, give and receive love, be nurturing and supporting, successfully communicating with others, adapting to social situations
Emotional health (a dimension of health) includes
Express emotions when appropriate, control them or not, self-esteem, self-confidence, trust, love, reactions and responses The feeling component
T/F: Spirituality can only be found through organized religion
False
T/F: The development of self- esteem is an important part of intellectual health.
False
