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Anorexia nervosa

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intense fear of gaining weight and often goes days without eating

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Bulimia

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eating an excessive consumption of food then throwing it back up

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Binge eating

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eating an excessive consumption of food

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Avoidant restrictive food intake

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french fry girl

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orthorexia

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eating to healthy

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unintentional injury

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motor vehicle accident, homicide, domestic violence

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risky sexual behavior

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poor access to health education, multiple sexual partners, knowledge, drugs/alcohol

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gateway theory

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suggesting that adolescent substance use begins with legal substances

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cognitive affective theory

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can be used to explain substance use is the best

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social learning theory

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behavior rooted in the attitudes and beliefs of the adolescent’s role models, close friends, and parents

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conventional commitment theory

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view the adolescents level of attachment to conventional social institutions, such as families, schools, or other structured systems

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General adaptation syndrome

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body’s physiological reactions to stress, which are the same regardless of the stressor

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transactional model of stress

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stress based on appraisal of a stressful situation, such as those that exceed ones ability to cope

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three types of appraisal

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cognitive: used to evaluate the events
primary: assessment of event to determine potential harmfulness
secondary: how sufficient our resources are to meet the demands of the event

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fight or flight response

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focusing specifically on the body’s physiological response to stress-inducing stimuli

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diathesis-stress model

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influence of environmental stressors and individual biological or physiological characteristics in the development of disease

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disengagement coping

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a withdrawal from the problem or a denial of its existence

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engagement coping

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hybrid of problem solving and emotion-focused coping

Goal is to obtain helpful information but also seeks empathetic connection

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problem focused coping

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seek information and generate solutions to address the issue or problem

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emotion focused coping

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principally seeking solace or emotional support from others but may also receive help/guidance

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perinatal HIV transmission

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mother to child

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blood born HIV

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includes blood transfusions, infected needles and intravenous drug use

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sexual intercourse HIV

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HIV carried in semen and vaginal fluids

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define asymptomatic and why its relevant

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symptoms don’t appear or mistaken for a common illnesses, increases the likelihood of the virus spreading

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posttest counseling
typically occurs after a positive test result and HIV diagnosis or after a scare resulting in negative rest results
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cardiac arrest
is a condition that renders a person unconscious and is fatal unless the heart is jolted back into its normal rhythm.
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coronary artery
when a persons artery gets clogged up from plaque causing narrow artery's
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hemorrhagic stroke
serious side effect of hypertension and causes blood vessels to rupture and leak into the brain
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ischemic stroke
an interruption of blood flow to the brain; due to plaque build-up in the blood vessels
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hypertension
also called high blood pressure (HBP), occurs when the systolic and diastolic measures are too high
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primary
the most common (comprising 95% of cases worldwide), and it has no identifiable causes
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secondary hypertension
caused by health behaviors
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systolic blood pressure
measures the blood pressure and the heart pressure when actively pumping blood
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diastolic blood pressure
pressure when the atria and the ventricles relax and fill with blood
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type A personality
competitive aggressive achievement-oriented
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type b personality
easy going less stressed indifferent
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three factors that increase cardio
eating behaviors, excessive alcohol, tobacco, age, community
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neuropathic pain
chronic pain which is due to a malfunction of the nervous system, often damage or lesions
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nociceptive pain
caused by disease/damage to tissue
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Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Chronic, inflammatory, autoimmune disease for which the exact cause of the disease is unknown - Inflammation is common around joints and of the synovium
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exercise therapy
different exercises to provide maximum movement
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CBT
intervention techniques for coping with the discomforts and limitations of cancer
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biofeedback
a self-regulatory technique in which individuals learn to voluntarily control their responses to pain to minimize its sensation
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gate control theory
explains the reason pain is subjective, or experienced differently by different people
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self-assessment
way to measure pain in a survey
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visual analogue
smiley face chart
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malignant tumor
tumor which grows and multiplies uncontrollably, often until it metastasizes and causes death.
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benign tumor
Large mass of overgrown cells, usually not life threatening | Grow in size but they do not spread to other parts of the body
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sarcoma
cancer that occurs in fatty places, but can also occur in muscles, nerves, tendons, or any other soft tissues, often malignant
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leukemia
develops in blood-producing tissues, most commonly in the bone marrow, affects the white blood cells. deathly.
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lymphomas
are malignant and form in the lymphatic system
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hodgkins lymphoma
less severe type of lymphoma infects the lymph glands less likely to spread to other organs making it easier to control and treat
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non hodgkins lymphoma
fatal form of lymphoma because tumors are usually malignant | low incidence rates but high mortality rates
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three stages of general adaptation syndrome
alarm: body's response to stressors with lower resistance resistance: body mobilizes to withstand stress exhaustion: extreme stressors that deplete the body's resources
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Acute time-limited stress
stress during manipulated or staged events
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Brief naturalistic stressor
short-term, real-life events
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Stressful event sequence
major man-made or natural disaster that presents a number of unforeseen challenges over time
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Chronic stressors
situations that present multiple daily stressors that continue for months without foreseeable endpoint
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Distal stressors
experiences of a stressful nature that took place in the past but continue to affect a person’s immune system
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Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Specific type of RA that affects the spinal joints | - Causes a stooped appearance if the spinal column fuses or stiffens in accordance with poor body posture
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osteoarthritis
- Cartilage part of the joint that cushions the end of the bones and enables easy movement of the joints is worn away - bone spurs
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gout
- Caused by crystal deposits in joints and tissues | - Build up of uric acid lodged in the joints, causing inflammation, redness and soreness

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