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Heart Disease
2nd leading cause of death in adolescents
Homicide
The ability to carry out daily activities with vigor
Physical Health
The ability to express one's emotions in a healthy way
Emotional Health
The ability to connect through interpersonal relationships
Social Health
The ability to learn, grow from experience, and utilize intellectual capabilities
Intellectual/Mental Health
a guiding sense of meaning or value in life
Spiritual Health
a disease that can be transferred from one person to another
Definition of a Communicable DIsease
also known as chronic diseases, are not passed from person to person.
Definition of a Noncommunicable Disease
Flu, common cold, sexually transmitted infections, chicken pox, ring worm
Examples of a Communicable DIsease
Cancer, Depression, Diabetes, Schizophrenia, Asthma
Examples of a Non-Communicable DIsease
Smoking, Diet, Exercise, stress, blood pressure
Examples of controllable risk factors
Age, genetics, gender
Examples of uncontrollable risk factors
Brain
Control center of the body
Heart
Pumps blood throughout the body
Lungs
Intakes oxygen from air and removes CO2
Liver
Detoxifies harmful chemicals and filters blood
Large Intestine
Absorbs water from indigestible food
Stomach
Breaks down the food
Small Intestine
Absorbs nutrients and minerals
Immune system
protects the body, made up of white blood cells
Nervous System
Complex group of nerves that send synapses and signals throughout the body. Controls voluntary and involuntary actions
Muscular System
Responsible for the movement, blood flow and functions of the body
Circulatory System
Moves blood, nutrients, oxygen, CO2 and hormones around the body
Endocrine System
8 major glands that secrete hormones
Skeletal System
bones connected by tendons, ligaments and cartilage
Reproductive System
Allows humans to reproduce. Men-penis and testes, Women-Vagina and ovaries
integumentary system
Skin-body's largest organ that protects us from the outside world
Self-esteem
confidence in one's own worth or abilities; self-respect
Personality
the combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual's distinctive character
Defense Mechanisms
an unconscious process that protects an individual from unacceptable or painful ideas/impulses
Passive
accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance.
Assertive
having or showing a confident and forceful personality
Aggressive
ready or likely to attack or confront; characterized by or resulting from aggression
Tightness in the chest, nausea/vomiting, sweating, shortness of breath
Warning signs of a heart attack
Obvious changes in warts or moles, changes in bowel/bladder habits, nagging cough or hoarseness, a sore that won't heal
Warning signs of cancer
Organic Mental Disorder
a form of decreased mental function due to a medical or physical disease, rather than a psychiatric illness
Functional Mental Disorder
A physical disorder in which the symptoms have no known or detectable organic basis but are believed to be the result of psychological factors such as emotional conflicts or stress
Examples of Organic Mental Disorder
Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's, Dementia
Examples of functional mental disorders
Depression, Anxiety, PTSD
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