Mental Health Disorders
T/F Mental health disorders are not very common.
False
What is a Health Behavior? List at one.
are actions individuals take that affect their health. (Alcohol, drugs, eating habits, exercising, sleep)
What were the potions in the Nacirema story?
Medicine
List 2 pros and 2 cons of technology from our technology debate
Answer varies
a developmental disorder characterized by symptoms of inattention (such as distractibility, disorganization, or forgetfulness) or by symptoms of hyperactivity and impulsivity (such as fidgeting, speaking out of turn, or restlessness).
ADD
Which of the two that we talked about had a higher percentage of being a more negative impact on our health behaviors? why (peers or family)
Peers
What was the purpose or learning objective from participating in the privilege walk?
Things that are out of your control can hamper how privileged you grow up in life, but it doesn't determine how successful you can be.
How is knowing all of the pros and cons of everyday technology going to affect your future self
mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion
Schizophrenia
What are 3 ways that the media gets us to buy their products.
jingles, celebrities, false advertisement, following the herd, feeling of belonging, pop up ads
What are things you can do if you notice a friend who needs help but isn't asking for it?
Be a friend, talk with them, tell a teacher or counselor, stand up to bullying when you see it, be open about your own struggles, provide resources...
What are the benefits of social media?
answer will vary
an emotional disorder characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat
Anorexia
How does culture influence your health behavior? List one examples
Name two of the categories that you were given that would affect your life in the privilege walk that I used
Marital status, education, disability, income, ethnicity,
What were the shrine rooms in the Nacirema reading?
Bathroom
psychiatric disorder that may occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event such as a natural disaster, a serious accident, a terrorist act, war/combat, or rape or who have been threatened with death, sexual violence or serious injury.
PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
What percentage per year of number by millions are affected by some sort of mental disorder?
Each year about 20% of the US population (54 million people) are affected by some form of mental disorder.
Why do a lot of people with mental illness not get the help that they need?
Answer must include the fact of feeling different or that they will be judged because of their disorder
What was the overall message behind the Nacirema culture reading?
Not to stereotype and think that what isn't our way of life is the wrong way. Have an open mind!