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Health Test 2

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Definition of Stress
The body and mind's reaction to everyday demands.
Define Distress
negative stress
Define Eustress
positive stress
Define Stressors
Any stimulus that produces a stress response.
4 Types of Stressors

People

Objects

Places

Events

Define adrenaline
emergency hormone
Body's reactions to adrenaline
  • Increased heart rate
  • Increased energy
  • Perspiration
  • Increased breathing
Define fatigue
tired feeling that lowers the body's level of activity
3 Types of Fatigue
  1. Physical
  2. Pathological
  3. Psychological
Traits of a Type A person
  • Competitive
  • Perfectionist
  • Time oriented
  • Stubborn
Traits of a Type B personality
  • Laid back
  • Relaxed
  • Flexible
Negative ways to handle stress
  • Violence
  • Substance abuse
  • Suicide
  • Eating disorders
How to keep stress under control
  • Exercise
  • Sleep
  • Don't overschedule
  • Be realistic
Define Depression
A medical condition that leads to an intense feeling of sadness and despair
4 types of depression
  1. Manic Depressive: Extreme highs and lows, also called Bipolar Disorder
  2. Seasonal Effective Disorder:  lack of sunlight
  3. Major Depressive Disorder: lack of inter
4 Signs of depression
  1. Loss of interest
  2. Avoidance of others
  3. Fatigue
  4. Poor Appetite
5 Causes of Depression
  1. Hereditary
  2. Stressful Event
  3. Substance Abuse
  4. Physical Illness
  5. No Cause
Methods of Treatment for Depression
  • Anti-depressants
  • Therapy
  • Exercise
Percentage of teens that are depressed
10%
Define Suicide

The intentional taking of one's own life

 

Permanent solution to temporary problems 

3 Causes of Suicide
  1. Disappointment
  2. Depression
  3. Substance Abuse
Number of 15-24 year olds that commit suicide each year
5000
__ leading cause of death in the 15-24 year old age group
3rd
__ youth suicides each day
12
A suicide occurs evey __ minutes somewhere on earth
Every 7 minutes
__% of parents are unaware that their child is suicidal
85%
Ratio between number of women that attempt suicide to number of men that attempt suicide
1-4 Ratio
(Males or Females) complete suicide more often.
Males
Most common methods of male suicide
  1. Firearms
  2. Hangings
Most common methods of female suicide
  1. Pills
  2. Slit wrists
In a typical high school classroom, an average of __ students will commit suicide within the year.
An average of 3.

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