Health, Ill Health & Stress Flashcards
Health definition
Illnesses and mental problems define if someone is healthy or not
Stress definition
State of worry or mental tension caused by a difficult situation
What are the two types of stress?
Acute and Chronic
What is the perceived ability to cope?
Negative effects of stress actually occur when a person encounters a stressor that exceeds their perceived ability to cope
Addiction definition
Mental problem which makes behaviour or taking of a substance into a compulsive act
What’s a behavioural addiction?
Anxiety, Depression, Withdrawal, Disturbances in social relationships
Griffith’s Six Components of Addiction are? (STWRCMa)
Salience, Tolerance, Withdrawal, Relapse, Conflict, Mood alteration