PUBHLTH 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 61: Impulse Control Disorder, Congenital Disorder, Bipolar Disorder
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Morning after pill / plan b used within 72 hours of intercourse (estrogen/progestin) Public health: focus on teen pregnancy prevention with education. Message is controversial, focus on abstinence only. Studies have found no measurable impact on teen behavior. Public health: promote accurate info. on contraception & on sexual behavior, support contraceptive services, & promote responsible behavior such as condom & contraceptive use. Preventing infant mortality: congenital malformation, pre-term birth, & sids. Family planning and prevention of adolescent pregnancy. Mental health: public health includes health minds. Anxiety phobias, panic attacks, general anxiety. Disturbances of mood sustained feeling of sadness or elevation of mood (depression, Disturbances of cognition inability to organize, process, and/or recall info. bipolar disorder) (alzheimer"s disease) Gender: females are more likely to report anxiety disorders and mood disorders than males & males are more likely to have more impulse-control and substance disorders. Association between mental illness and chronic diseases (obesity, diabetes, & cardiovascular disease)
