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- a mood disorder characterized by persistent and profound sadness, hopelessness, helplessness, and feelings of worthlessness; lack fo energy, loss of interest of in usual activites loss of the ability to concentrate; suicidal thoughts; and appetite and sl
- major depressive disorder
- the force or drive that leads people to take action
- motivation
- changing ones thoughs, attitudes, and behaviors to cope effectively with the enviroment
- psychological adjustment
- oservable and mesasurable featrues of an illness
- signs
- the specific defense of the body that combat invading infectious agents
- immune system
- regarding health education, the belief that one is capable of changing his or her behavior
- efficacy
- the extent to which a person feels worthy and useful
- self-esteem
- a characteristic involving all aspects of the person
- holistic
- the three stage manner in which the human body responds to stress: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion
- general adaptation syndrome (GAS)
- the average number of years a indivitual is expected to live
- life expectancy
- physical signs and symptoms of illness that are the result of psychological conflicts
- psychosomatic disorder
- claims about the effectiveness of a product or service that people are usually paid to make
- testimonials
- behavior responses and thought processes that people use to deal with stressors
- coping strategies
- personal stories that describe the effects of using a health product or service
- anecdotes
- events that produce physical or psychological demands on an individual
- stressors
-
subjective complaints of illness
- symptoms
- impaired cognitive functioning particularlly memory loss, confusion disorientation and delusions
- dementia
- a sham treatment that has no known physical effects an inactive substance
- placebo
- false sensory perceptions that have no apparent external cause
- hallucinations
- a characteristic that increases an individual's chances of developing a health condition
-
risk factor
- chemical messengers that comvey info from a gland to other cells in the body
- hormones
- good health is the ability to fuction adequately within a constantly changing enviroment
- health
- a reptitive thought that produces anxious feelings
- obsession
- a sence that one is fuctioning at his or her best level
- wellness
- the behavior that follows obsessive thoughts and reduces anxiety
- compulsion
- a way of living including behaviors that promote or impair good health and longevity
- life style
- a group of glands that produce hormones
- endocrine system
- of the two primary divisions of the nervous system the one that consist of nerves which relay information to and from the CNS
- peripheral nervous system (PNS)
- a pattern of eating excessive amounts of food in response to distress such as anxiety or depression
- binge eating disorder
- the two primary divisions of the nervous system the one that consists of brain and spinal cord
- central nervous system (cns)
- an intense and inrrational fear of an object or a situation
- phobia
- inaccurate and unreasonable beliefs that often result in decision-making erros
- delusion
- a condition characterized by uncontrollable chronic worrying and nervousness
- generalized anxiety disorder
- psychological condition that features panic attacts unpredictable episodes of extreme anxiety and loss of emotional control
- panic disorder
- the study of the mental processes that influence human behavior
- psychology
- observable expressions of mood
- affect
- the transmission of biological info, coded within genes, from parents to offspring
- heredity
- the study of the bodily functions
- physiology
- a severe psychological disturbance in which an individual refuses to eat enough food to maintain normal weight
- anorexia nervosa
- the study of relationships between the nervous and immune system
- psychoneuroimmunology
- sense of indepence and self-control
- autonomy
- an eating disorder characterized by a craving for food that is difficult to satisfy
- bulimia
- the process of learning from one's experiences
- psychological growth
- a sore in the lining of the esophagus stomach or duodenum
- ulcer
- chemicals produced and released by nerves that convey info between most nerve cells
- neurotransmitters
- a set of distinct thoughts and behaviors that characterizes a person's response to stimulation
- personality
- the predictable way an individual responds to situations and others such as being pleasant, outgoing, or shy
- temperament
- a complex series of psychological and physical reactions that occur as one responds to a situation
- stress
- the place where the lower jaw bone(mandible attaches to the temporal bone of the skull
- temporomandibular joint
- ways of thinking and behaving that reduce or eliminate anxious and guilty feelings
- defense mechanisms
- a form of dementia
- schizophrenia
- an activity in which on relaxes by mentaly focusing on a single word, object or thought
- meditation
- events or conditions that creat positive demands on a person, such as feeling happy, callenged, or successful
- eustress