Health Test 2
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- Definition of Stress
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The body and mind's reaction to everyday demands.
- Define Distress
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negative stress
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Define Eustress
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positive stress
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Define Stressors
- Any stimulus that produces a stress response.
- 4 Types of Stressors
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People
Objects
Places
Events
- Define adrenaline
- emergency hormone
- Body's reactions to adrenaline
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- Increased heart rate
- Increased energy
- Perspiration
- Increased breathing
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Define fatigue
- tired feeling that lowers the body's level of activity
- 3 Types of Fatigue
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- Physical
- Pathological
- Psychological
- Traits of a Type A person
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- Competitive
- Perfectionist
- Time oriented
- Stubborn
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Traits of a Type B personality
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- Laid back
- Relaxed
- Flexible
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Negative ways to handle stress
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- Violence
- Substance abuse
- Suicide
- Eating disorders
- How to keep stress under control
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- Exercise
- Sleep
- Don't overschedule
- Be realistic
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Define Depression
- A medical condition that leads to an intense feeling of sadness and despair
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4 types of depression
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- Manic Depressive: Extreme highs and lows, also called Bipolar Disorder
- Seasonal Effective Disorder: lack of sunlight
- Major Depressive Disorder: lack of inter
- 4 Signs of depression
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- Loss of interest
- Avoidance of others
- Fatigue
- Poor Appetite
- 5 Causes of Depression
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- Hereditary
- Stressful Event
- Substance Abuse
- Physical Illness
- No Cause
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Methods of Treatment for Depression
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- Anti-depressants
- Therapy
- Exercise
- Percentage of teens that are depressed
- 10%
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Define Suicide
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The intentional taking of one's own life
Permanent solution to temporary problems
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3 Causes of Suicide
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- Disappointment
- Depression
- Substance Abuse
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Number of 15-24 year olds that commit suicide each year
- 5000
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__ leading cause of death in the 15-24 year old age group
- 3rd
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__ 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
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- Firearms
- Hangings
- Most common methods of female suicide
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- Pills
- Slit wrists
- In a typical high school classroom, an average of __ students will commit suicide within the year.
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An average of 3.