Ch. 5 Health compromising behaviour

Question 1

what behaviours share a window of vulnerability in adolescence

Answer 1

drinking, smoking, illicit drug use, over controlled eating, unsafe sex, risk taking behaviours

Question 2

biopsychosocial factors that contribute to health comprising experiences

Answer 2

adverse childhood experiences, genetics, temperament, peer culture and coping with stress

Question 3

adverse childhood experiences

Answer 3

early childhood experiences that lead to psychological aspects throughout a lifetime

Question 4

what is substance use disorder

Answer 4

arises when a substance. is used repeatedly and causes functional or clinical impairment

Question 5

criteria for substance us disorder

Answer 5

risky use, impaired control, social impairments, and pharmacological effects (tolerance and withdrawals)

Question 6

tolerance

Answer 6

the process by which the body increasingly adapts to the use of a substance, requiting larger doses to obtain the same effects

Question 7

withdrawal

Answer 7

unpleasant symptoms both psychological and physical when stop using a drug they are dependent on

Question 8

addiction

Answer 8

person has become physically and psychologically dependent on a substance overtime

Question 9

harm reduction

Answer 9

public health response to substance misuse that focuses on the risks and consequences rather than the use itself

Question 10

methadone maintenance

Answer 10

an opiod that is used to deal with heroin addiction

Question 11

needle exchange programs

Answer 11

provides new needles to save their health

Question 12

cannabis use by young people

Answer 12

harmful consequences in brain development for frontal cortex and correlated with risky and health compromising behaviour and life dissatisfaction

Question 13

three classes of illicit drugs

Answer 13

opiates, cocaine and amphetamine-type stimulates

Question 14

psychoactive substance

Answer 14

affect cognitive and affective processes and change how a person behaves

Question 15

consequences of illicit drug use

Answer 15

physical problems
stimulants increase heart attack and stroke
physical dependence and addiction
long term and short term mental health problems

Question 16

alcohol use disorder problem

Answer 16

third leading cause of preventable death

Question 17

leads to alcohol abuse

Answer 17

mental heath, societal normalization, genetics, physical health effects, corporate influence

Question 18

medical diagnosis of alcohol use disorder

Answer 18

risky behaviour, impaired control, social impairment, pharmacological effects

Question 19

origins of alcoholism and problem drinking

Answer 19

genetics, gender and physciological, behaviour and social cultural factors

Question 20

treatment of alcohol abuse

Answer 20

CBT may be effective

Question 21

treatment programs

Answer 21

detoxification, CBT treatments, medication, physciolgical factors, relapse prevention, community based treatment, self help groups, inpatient groups

Question 22

moderate management

Answer 22

goal setting, self monitoring and self control of drinking, less effective with heavy drinkers

Question 23

smoking harmful for health

Answer 23

greatest cause of preventable death, increases risk of diseases and disorders

Question 24

synergistic effects of smoking

Answer 24

smoking enhances the impact of other risk factors in compromising health

Question 25

why do people smoke

Answer 25

genetics, peers and family influences, weight control, self-image, mood, nicotine addiction

Question 26

interventions to reduce smoking

Answer 26

changing attitude towards smoking, nicotine replacement theory for therapeutic approach, maintence, relapse prevention, self help aids

Question 27

harm reduction approaches to smoking

Answer 27

battery powered devices, perceived saftey of e-ciggerate,

Question 28

smoking prevention

Answer 28

prevention programs, social influences interventions, life skill training appraoch

Question 29

the life skills training approach

Answer 29

encourages self esteem and coping enhancement and has shown mixed success in the reduction of smoking onst overtime

Question 30

what are eating disorders

Answer 30

persistent disturbance of eating behaviour and impairment of physical and/or mental health

Question 31

anorexia nervosa

Answer 31

an obsessive disorder amounting to self starvations

Question 32

developing anorexia nervosa

Answer 32

genes, distruption in serotonin and dopamine systems, envrionmental risks, behavioural manifestations, body image

Question 33

treating anorexia

Answer 33

weight to safe level, family therapy, prevention, stressing health risks

Question 34

bulimia

Answer 34

alternating cycles of binge eating and purging through such techniques as vomiting, laxative abuse, extreme dieting and or drug or alcohol

Question 35

developing bulimia

Answer 35

food becomes constant thought, overvaluing body apperance, depression

Question 36

treating bulimia

Answer 36

disorder threatens their health and that psychological interventions can help, combine medication and CBT