Health, Stress and Addiction

Question 1

World Health Organisation

Ill/health Definition

Answer 1

Health = State of complete physical, mental and Social well-being, not merely the absence of disease.

Ill health = deviation from this state.

Question 2

Biomedical

Ill/health Definition

Answer 2

Health = absence of illness, free from disease.

Illness = physical disease diagnosed by a medical professional.
Treated with physical methods - drugs.

Question 3

Biopsychosocial

Ill/health definition

Answer 3

Health + ill health = result of several interacting factors.
Biological = genes + neurochemistry
Psychological = stress
Social = family + culture

Question 4

Biopsychosocial

Health as a continuum

Answer 4

Approach = complex
Health is on a continuum → varies between two extremes.
Extremely good health → average health → extremely poor health

Question 5

Stress
Definition
Physical and psychological stress

Answer 5

Stress = emotional response to stimulations of threat.
Physical = environment (temperature, noise)
- Response = physical symptoms (increased heart rate)

Psychological =life events, daily hassles, workplace, own personality
- Response = emotional

Question 6

Stress

Ability to cope and available resources

Answer 6

Perceived ability to cope
= perceived demands of environment are greater that ability to cope.
- viewing it as a threat = stress

Perception of available resources
= How we think about ability to cope
Internal - self efficacy
External- peers

Question 7

Addiction

Definition

Answer 7

Addiction is a complex mental health disorder in which a individual takes a substance or engages in a behaviour that is pleasurable but is compulsive and harmful.
Physiological = Substances (drugs, alcohol)
Behavioural = pleasurable experiences (gambling and Shopping)

Classified by (ICD) - International classification of diseases

Question 8

Addiction

Physiological and behavioural

Answer 8

Physiological - effect on body
Two signs =
- withdrawal, when substance or behaviour stops.
-tolerance, bigger dose needed.

Behavioural - same effects as physiological
Signs =
-cravings
- negative emotional states (irritability, anxiety)

Question 9

Griffith’s six components of addiction

Answer 9

One = Dependence - Dominant in individuals life.
Two = Tolerance
Three = Withdrawal
Four = Relapse
Five = Conflict - interpersonal = with others.
-Intrapersonal = with self
Six = Mood alteration - rush or numbness