PSYC 3170 Chapter Notes -Occupational Stress, Hans Selye, Adrenal Gland
9 Apr 2014
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Identify the characteristics of health compromising behaviors: health compromising behaviors are those that threaten or undermine good health, either in the present or in the future. Many of these behaviors cluster and first emerge in adolescents. Drinking also arises in an effort to buffer the impact of stress and appears to peak between the ages 18 and 25: most treatment programs for alcoholism use broad-spectrum cognitive behavioral approaches. Many begin with an inpatient drying-out period followed by the use of cognitive behavioral change methods, such as aversion therapy and relapse prevention techniques: the best predictor of success is the patient. Alcoholics with mild drinking problems and a supportive financially secure environment do better than those without such supports. Explain how smoking ins harmful for health and what factors influence smoking: smoking accounts for more than 45,000 deaths annually in canada due to heart disease, cancer, and lung disorders.
