Achieving Personal Health
Achieving Personal Health (cont.)
Mind-Body Communications
Mind-Body Communications (cont.)
Definitions
100
What is the major characteristic of a lifestyle disease?
They are often chronic.
100
Name three typical health issues for college students.
Possible answers: mental health, food and weight, health care, substance use and abuse, sexual and relationship health
100
What are the three major ways by which the mind and body communicate?
The autonomic nervous system, hormones, and the immune system.
100
What are hormones?
Chemicals produced in the body that regulate body functions
100
Define image visualization.
Use of mental images to promote healing and change behaviors
200
What were the two main goals of Healthy People 2010?
1) To help individuals of all ages live longer and improve their quality of life 2) To eliminate health disparities among segments of the U.S population
200
Name five behaviors that contribute to health and longevity.
Possible answers: not smoking, getting 7-8 hours of sleep per night, maintaining a healthy body weight, exercising regularly, little or no alcohol consumption, eating breakfast regularly, little between-meal snacking
200
What is the difference between psychosomatic illness and somatization disorders?
Psychosomatic illnesses are conditions that are caused, in large measure, by mental states and attitudes (such as persistent anxiety, depression, and stress). Somatization refers to the occurrence of physical symptoms without the presence of medically detectable injury or disease.
200
DAILY DOUBLE! What is the difference between a mantra and a mandala?
A mantra is a sound or phrase that is repeated in the mind to help produce a meditative state. A mandala is an artistic, religious design used as an object of meditation.
200
Define biofeedback.
Using an electronic device to "feed back" information about the body to alter a particular physiological function.
300
What were the top three leading causes of death in 1900? 2000?
1900: Tuberculosis, pneumonia, and diarrhea/enteritis 2000: Heart disease, cancer, stroke
300
What are the five key aspects of the health belief model?
Perceived susceptibility, perceived seriousness, perceived benefits of taking action, barriers to taking action, cues to action
300
Describe the placebo effect.
The placebo effect is healing that results from a person's belief in a treatment that has no medicinal value.
300
What is one of the most effective ways to promote wellness and change undesirable behaviors?
The use of image visualization
300
Define Leading Health Indicators.
Ten categories of health goals the represent the major public health concerns in the United States
400
What are the six dimensions of wellness?
Emotional, spiritual, social, intellectual, occupational, physical
400
What are the six stages of the Transtheoretical Model (in order)?
Precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, and termination
400
Who was the first person to use hypnosis as a medical technique?
Franz Anton Mesmer
400
What type of training uses autosuggestion to establish a balance between the mind and body through changes in the autonomic nervous system?
Autogenic training
400
DAILY DOUBLE! Define incidence.
The number of new cases of a particular disease
500
What are the three models of health and what do they define health as?
Medical model: interprets health in terms of the absence of disease and disability Environmental model: defined in terms of the quality of a person’s adaptation to the environment as conditions change Holistic model: defined as the unity of the mind, spirit, and body
500
What is the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes?
Type 1 (insulin dependent): the pancreas is diseased and is unable to manufacture insulin Type 2 (non-insulin dependent): too much fat in the blood causes body cells to resist the actions of insulin (insulin resistance); over time insulin-producing cells in the pancreas become damaged and produce less insulin
500
True or false: Hypnotized subjects remember what they did or said while hypnotized.
True
500
True or false: VRT stands for Visual Reconstructive Therapy
False; VRT stands for Virtual Reality Therapy
500
Define intellectual wellness.
Having an open mind to new ideas and concepts
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