Health and Wellness
Risk Factors
Understanding Sleep
Sleep Disorders
Mental Health Disorders
100

Treatment and prevention of illnesses, injuries, or diseases to improve wellness.

Healthcare

100

Beliefs, values, customs, and arts of a group of people.

Culture

100

People who can function well on less sleep than other people.

Short sleepers

100

Condition that results from a delay in the sleep-wake cycle that affects a person’s daily activities.

Delayed sleep phase syndrome (DSPS)

100

Mental or emotional condition so severe that it interferes with daily functioning; also known as mental disorder.

Mental Illness

200

Aspect of health that has to do with a person’s thoughts and feelings.

Mental and Emotional Health

200

Aspects of people’s lives that increase the chances that they will develop a disease or disorder.

Risk factors

200

Pattern of sleeping in a 24-hour period.

Sleep-wake cycle

200

Trouble falling or staying asleep.

Insomnia

200

Condition identified by ignoring social rules and engaging in impulsive behavior.

Antisocial personality disorder
300

Aspect of health that involves interacting and getting along with others in positive, healthy ways.

Social health 

300

Places where a person spends his or her time, such as school, home, or workplace; the region in which a person lives; the air a person breathes; and the water a person drinks.

Physical environment

300

Active stage of sleep during which your breathing changes, your heart rate and blood pressure rise, and your eyes dart around rapidly.

REM sleep

300

Potentially serious disorder in which a person stops breathing for short periods of time during sleep.

Sleep apnea

300

Condition in which a person has difficulty paying attention and controlling behavior.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

400

Balance of all aspects of health—physical, mental and emotional, and social.

Wellness

400

Segments of DNA that determine the structure and function of a person’s cells and affect his or her development, personality, and health.

Genes

400

Naturally occurring physical, behavioral, and mental changes in the body that typically follow the 24-hour cycle of the sun.

Circadian rhythms

400

Term for sleep disorders that occur when people are partially, but not completely, awoken from sleep.

Parasomnia

400

Condition identified by unstable identity and interpersonal relationships.

Borderline personality disorder (BPD). 

500

Going to the doctor when you are well to help you stay healthy; involves getting an annual physical exam, regular checkups, and screenings for conditions like hearing or vision loss.

Preventative healthcare 

500

Circumstances, objects, or conditions that surround a person in everyday life.

Environment 

500

Term used to describe a person who gets inadequate amounts of sleep.

Sleep deprived

500

Disorder that affects the brain’s ability to control the sleep-wake cycle.

Narcolepsy

500

Condition identified by irregular thoughts and delusions, hearing voices, and seeing things that are not there.

Schizophrenia