Self-Esteem
What is the Difference Between Empathy and Sympathy?
Empathy: Our feeling of awareness toward other people's emotions and an attempt to understand how they feel.
Sympathy: Pity for someone’s situation and relief in not having the same problems.
Define Apathy
A lack of feeling, emotion, or motivation. Often observed chronically as an effect of some mental illnesses.
Swabbed during a pap smear to detect irregularities and/or test for STIs. This dilates during pregnancy.
Cervix
How do Depressants, Stimulants, and Hallucinogens Effect the CNS
Depressants: Slow down the CNS
Stimulants: Speed up the CNS
Hallucinogens: Confuse the CNS
What are three factors someone might consider when choosing a birth control method?
Effectiveness, Cost, Health History/Side Effects, Confidentiality, Ease of use/Maintenance, Cultural/Personal Preferences, Protection from STIs, Who’s most responsible?
Briefly define:
What is a Risk Factor?
What is a Protective Factor?
Risk Factor: Increases our risk of negative health outcomes (like: lack of access to healthy foods, exposure to substance use in the home, ect.)
Protective factors: Counteract the effects of Risk Factors (like: an attentive family, playing on a sports team, having goals and ambitions)
What are Two examples of the Mindfulness Techniques We Discussed in Class?
Meditation, Affirmations, Listing 10 Good Things, Expressing Gratitude (letters), Consciously Practicing Self-Compassion and Self-Empathy, Breathing Techniques, ect.
What is the viability window for an ovum?
What is the viability window for sperm?
Ovum: 12-24 hours
Sperm: Up to 5 Days
What does ADA stand for?
Abuse, Dependence, Addiction
What is Tolerance and How Does it Occur:
After ongoing exposure, the brain will begin to adapt to the increased dopamine, resulting in less of a sensation of reward.
Tolerance: a state in which an organism no longer responds to a drug and a higher dose is required to achieve the same effect
What are four of the seven dimensions of wellness:
Emotional, Occupational, Social, Intellectual, Physical, Environmental, Spiritual, (financial)
What is the difference between Stigma and Taboo
Stigmas: An inherently negative set of beliefs or views that a group of people or society has about something
Taboos: A behavior, activity, or concept that is considered unacceptable or forbidden to talk about or commit.
What is one example of each form of birth control?
Hormonal: pill, shot, patch, vaginal ring, hormonal IUD
Behavioral: Withdrawal, fertility awareness tracking, abstinence
Barrier: Male and Female Condoms
What is the difference between physiological and psychological dependence?
Psychological dependence: emotional and cognitive symptoms
Physical dependence: development of tolerance and withdrawal symptoms
Key in processing emotions, fight or flight response, and building emotional memories.
Amygdala
What are the four parts of an "I Message"
1. I Feel
2. When
3. Because
4. Instead
What mental health condition is characterized by "abrupt, moment-to-moment swings in moods, relationships, self-image, and behavior that are usually responsive to conflicts with other people."
BPD (Boderline Personality Disorder)
What are the FRIES of Consent?
Freely Given
Reversible
Informed
Enthusiastic (Excited)
Specific
What is one reason young people are at higher risk of developing substance use disorder:
- Adolescent brain's are still developing, so their hierarchy of survival is still very susceptible to change
- Adolescents have an underdeveloped prefrontal cortex, impacting decision making around substance use, amounts, and exposure
- Adolescents brain are more responsive to dopamine than adult brains and can build positive associates with stimuli more quickly
- Adolescents may feel additional social and societal pressure around substance use than adults, depending on their individual factors and community expectations
What is the job of the Hippocampus
The area of the brain responsible for transferring memories from short to long term; aids in regulating stress and learning.
What is the difference between Perseverance and Resiliency?
Perseverance is pushing through an obstacle, no matter the difficulty
Resiliency is our ability to bound back, coping after a hardship.
Perseverance gets us through - resiliency helps us be okay after.
What are the FACTS of suicide prevention
Warnings signs we look for in a friend or peer that may show an increased risk of suicide. These are:
Feelings, Actions, Changes, Threats, Situations
What is one example of a curable STI and one example of a treatable STI?
Curable: syphilis, Gonorrhea, chlamydia and trichomoniasis
Treatable: Hepatitis, Herpes, HIV, HPV
What is the interface between motivation and action that is flooded with dopamine when using substances?
Nucleus Accumbens
What is the job of the hypothalamus and pituitary glands?
They work together as the body's central control center for the endocrine system: our hormones! Both produce different hormones, triggering the release of additional hormones and/or functions in our body like stress response, sleep, blood pressure, and appetite.