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BTEC Applied Psych - STAFF > Unit 3 - LAA1 - Defining Health, Ill Health, Stress and Addiction part 2 > Flashcards

Unit 3 - LAA1 - Defining Health, Ill Health, Stress and Addiction part 2 Flashcards

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1
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The Biomedical definition views ill health as a ….

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A Disease

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Who diagnoses ill-health?

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Doctor (medical professional)

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How are illnesses treated according to the biomedical model?

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With physical methods e.g. drugs and surgery

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The biopsychosocial model states ill health are the outcomes of ….

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3 interacting factors

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Give an example of biological characteristics from the biopsychosocial model

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Genes/neurochemistry

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Give an example of social characteristics from the biopsychosocial model

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Family/Culture

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Give an example of Psychological characteristics from the biopsychosocial model

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Stress/Attitudes

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From the biopsychosocial model- Treatment must take into account?

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All factors - social, psychological and biological

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One explanation of health is that it is on a ….

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continuum

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Health is on a scale from…

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good health to very poor health

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Health as a continuum is more complicated than saying a person is either…

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healthy or unhealthy

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12
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Health as a continuum states there are 3 factors that impact health - name them.

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Physical, psychological and social

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A person must change their…. to improve their health on the continuum

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behaviour/lifestyle

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How can an individual with a chronic health condition improve their health?

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Taking medication, eating well, sleeping well, if possible exercise

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Define addiction:

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Physiological and behavioural dependence on a substance

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What addictions can we form?

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Alcohol, nicotine, shopping, gambling

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Alcohol & Nicotine are forms of what type of addiction?

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Physiological

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Gambling & Shopping are forms of what type of addiction?

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Non-Physiological

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Give examples of characteristics of addiction?

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can’t stop thinking about substance
in denial over addiction
Feelings of sadness
Concealing the behaviour

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Give examples of physical withdrawal

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Sweating, feeling sick, shaking

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Give examples of psychological withdrawal

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Anxiety, irritable, moodiness

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What is tolerance?

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The need to take more of the addictive substance to feel the same effects

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24
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Name Griffith’s Six Components of Addiction

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  1. Physical & Psychological Dependence
  2. Mood Alteration
  3. Tolerance
  4. Withdrawal
  5. Conflict
  6. Relapse
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25
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Define Stress

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The body’s physiological and psychological response to a negative situation or event

26
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How many working days are lost to work-related stress?

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15.4 million a year

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What % of working days lost to ill-health are due to stress & anxiety?

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57%

28
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What is meant by a stressor

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A negative event or experience leading to high levels of stress/anxiety

29
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What are meant be coping skills

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Strategies used by an individual to manage stress levels/reduce stress levels

30
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What is meant by ‘percieved ability to cope’

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How much an individual feels they can deal/manage with their stress

31
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What is meant by chronic stress

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Periods of long-lasting persistent stress

32
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The biomedical model is the oldest or newest explanation of health?

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Oldest

33
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The oldest model of health is…

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The Biomedical Model

34
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What reasons for ill-health does the biomedical model focus on?

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Physical & Biological

35
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Physical & Biological factors are the cause of ill-health according to which model?

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Biomedical

36
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Genes, chemicals and germs are caused of ill-health according to which model of health?

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Biomedical

37
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According to the biomedical model, if someone is ill due to a virus, what would be the appropriate treatment?

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Vaccination/medication

38
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What factors does the biomedical model ignore?

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Social & economic

39
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Social & economic factors are ignored by which model?

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Biomedical

40
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The biopsychosocial model is more holistic than the biomedical model - why is this?

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It takes more than biology into account, as it looks at psychological & social factors

41
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What is the difference between a behavioural addiction & physiological addiction

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Behavioural = action like gambling
Physiological = substance like alcohol/nicotine

42
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Nicotine addiction is an example of a

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Physiological addiction

43
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Gambling is a form of

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behavioural addiction

44
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Alcohol addiction is a form of

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Physiological addiction

45
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Name 2 characteristics of addiction

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Issues with impulse control (can’t stop engaging in behaviour)

Denial of addiction

46
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Feeling sadness and depression when they are not doing a behaviour or taking a substance is

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a characteristic of addiction

47
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A strong desire to smoke for an addict is known as a

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Craving

48
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If a person stops taking the substance they will enter

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withdrawal

49
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Give 2 examples of withdrawal

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Sweating, feeling sick, shaking

50
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If a person needs more and more of a drug to feel the same this is called

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tolerance

51
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Griffiths says there needs to be ____ features to characterise addiction

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6

52
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Name Griffith’s 6 features of addiction

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Physical & Psychological dependence
Mood alteration
Tolerance
Withdrawal
Conflict
Relapse

53
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Fill in the missing of the 6 features of Griffith’s model of addiction

Physical & psychological dependence
_________
Tolerance
Withdrawal
Conflict
Relapse

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Mood Alteration

54
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Fill in the missing of the 6 features of Griffith’s model of addiction

Physical & psychological dependence
Mood Alteration
Tolerance
Withdrawal
_________
Relapse

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Conflict

55
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Fill in the missing of the 6 features of Griffith’s model of addiction

Physical & psychological dependence
Mood Alteration
Tolerance
___________
Conflict
Relapse

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Withdrawal

56
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Why is the BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL model better than the BIOMEDICAL model?

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Biopsychosocial takes into account more factors like psychological and social factors that cause Ill health

57
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According to the biomedical model, if depression is caused by an imbalance of neurotransmitters - it should be treated by?

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Anti-depressants/drug therapy

58
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What would the biomedical model say depression is CAUSED by?

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Imbalance in neurotransmitters

59
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Withdrawal occurs when…

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An individual stops taking the substance of engaging in the behaviour

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