PSYCH 4800 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Nicotine Replacement Therapy, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Passive Smoking
6 Mar 2018
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Many health compromising behaviors share window of vulnerability in adolescence: drinking to excess, smoking, using illicit drugs, unsafe sex, risk-taking behaviors, eating disorders. Diet, obesity, weight control: obesity excess accumulation of body fat, body mass index (bmi) = weight (lb) * 703/height^2 (in, obesity bmi > 29. Eating disorders: females 15-24 yo most affected, recent rapid rise in western countries, some of highest disability/mortality rates of behavioral disorders (6% mortality) Anorexia nervosa obsessive compulsive disorder amounting to self-starvation: dieting/exercising to the point that body weight is grossly below optimum level, characterized by extreme low body weight/body image distortion. Ocd characterized by intrusive, repetitive thoughts resulting in compulsive behaviors and mental acts that the person feels driven to perform, according to rules that must be applied rigidly, aimed at preventing some imagined dreaded event. Treating: bringing weight to safe level, family therapy, prevention, stressing health risks of eating disorders.
