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Unit 1 Health
Decision Making, Communication and INtegrated Skills
Question | Answer |
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What are the 6 steps to making a decision | 1)Name the problem 2)Describe it specifically, name the problem's parts. 3)Brainstorm, think of all possible solutions 4)Think about each solution and list its disadvantages and advantages. 5)Choose the solution and act of it 6)Evaluate the outcome |
What are some support systems in school? | Guidance Counselors, Teachers, School Psychologist, Friends |
What are the factors that influence a decision? | Values and morals,future goals, previous experience, expectation of self and others, potential consequences |
Describe the S.T.A.R. model. | When making a decision: S-Stop T-Think A-Act R-Review |
Define: values, conflict, and support system | Values- person's set rules of behavior Conflict- A struggle or opposition between people Support System- A network of individuals or groups with which one identifies and exchanges emotional support |
Describe Verbal and Nonverbal Communication | Verbal- the use of words and language to convey a message. Speaking and listening skills. Non-verbal- using symbols and signs and/or body language |
Assertive Communication | Assertive- possessing the characteristic of appropriately expressing feelings, wants, and needs, while respecting those of others. |
Passive Communication | Passive- possessing the characteristic of not expressing feelings appropriately, of remaing silent |
Aggressive Communication | Aggressive- Possessing the characteristic of being insulting and overly demanding to others; an inappropriate expression of feelings |
3 components effective therapy must have | 1)respect and trust 2)exploration of present problems, causes, effects or both 3)search for new ways of dealing with the problem |
3 ways to determine if someone needs help | 1) Is the person's life or health in serious danger? 2) Is the person threatening someone else's life or health? 3) If I fail to help, will the situation become dangerous? |
therapy | treatment that heals |
counselor | a helping person |
Prozac | the brand name of one drug of a group of drugs used to restore normal brain chemistry in people with depression |
codependent | A person who is so focused on the needs of others that the person's own needs are neglected |
enabling | misguided "helping" |
Panic Disorders | Characterized by sudden, unexpected surges in anxiety; symptoms include rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, and a feeling of losing mental control |
Generalized Anxiety Disorder | People who worry about ordinary future threats such as financial concerns or passing and upcoming exam |
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder | People with obsessions or compulsions or both obsessions are recurrent, unwanted thoughts or impulses that are not ordinary concerns Compulsions are repetitive, difficult to resist actions |
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder | Physiological and emotional reaction to events that produce a sense of terror and hopelessness |
Mood Disorders | Depression may result from specific events but sometimes no trigger event is obvious Symptoms are feelings of sadness and hopelessness, loss of pleasure in usual activities, weight loss.gain, insomnia, thoughts of suicide and thoughts of worthlessness |
Symptoms of Stress | Emotional- depression, anxiety, frustration, decreased job, satisfaction, boredom Intellectual-forgetfulness, slower thinking, day dreaming Behavioral-mood swings, absenteeism, difficulty completing tasks |
Episodic Stress | Stress that occurs in irregular intervals; once in a while, can be eustress or distress |
Chronic | recurrent stress; stress that with you day in and day out, continuing unresolved issues |
Distress | Take away from positive energy, Negative form that does harmful disruption to the body |
Eustress | Positive stress; that helps generate positive changes |
anxiety | An emotional state of high energy with the stress response as the body's reaction to it |
Depression | The condition of feeling apathetic, hopeless and withdrawn from others |
Stressor | situations that trigger physical and emotional reactions |
Reasons teens commit suicide | -Unrealistic, romantic view of death - Feeling like a failure -Lacking firm values or rules on which to base life decisions -Suffering a loss -Inability to express anger or pain |
High Risk Signs of Suicide | -Abrupt changes in personality -Alcohol or Drug Abuse -Anxiety at times of separation -Feeling bad about oneself -Changes in eating or sleeping habits |
4 ways to help someone contemplate suicide | -Get involved -Don't wait to see what develops -Phone suicide prevention hotline, 911, the operator or the police -Stay with the person until help arives |