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
What is mood alteration?
Change in state of mind
What is salience?
Psychological and Physiological dependence
What is conflict?
Conflict within and with other people