An understanding of health is the basis of all the health care.
What are the 4 changing concepts of health?
Biomedical Concept, Ecological Concept, Psychosocial Concept, and Holistic Concept.
What is the concept of traditionally health has been considered as an absence of the diseases and if someone was free from disease, then that person was considered healthy?
Biomedical Concept
A concept that has been used in relation to both human health and the condition of the environment.
Ecological Concept
What is ecological health refers to? and what is the meaning of it?
Greenness of cities means composting, recycling, and energy efficiency.
It is a state of mental, emotional, social, and spiritual well-being.
Psychosocial Concept.
The feeling part of psychosocial health is called emotional health and includes emotional intelligence, an ability to understand and manage your emotions and those of others.
An approach to life that considers multidimensional aspects of wellness. It encourages individuals to recognize the whole person: physical, mental, emotional, social, intellectual, and spiritual
Holistic Concept.
Wellness an individual pursuit. We have self-responsibility for our own choices, behaviors and lifestyles but it is also significantly influenced by the physical, social and cultural environments in which we live.
What are the 7 dimensions of wellness?
Intellectual, Physical, Social, Spiritual, Vocational, Emotional, and Environmental.
A PhysicalDimension is learning about and identifying symptoms of disease, getting regular medical checkups, and protecting yourself from injuries and harm. Example: Daily Exercise.
Intellectual Dimension it encourages creative, stimulating mental activities. Our minds need to be continually inspired and exercised just as our bodies do. People who possess a high level of intellectual wellness have an active mind and continue to learn. Example: Learn to appreciate art.
An ability to interact successfully in our global community and to live up to the expectations and demands of our personal roles. Learning good communication skills, developing intimacy with others, and creating a support network of friends and family members. Example: Showing respect for others and yourself.
Social Dimension
An awareness of the unstable state of the earth and the effects of your daily habits on the physical environment. It consists of maintaining a way of life that maximizes harmony with the earth and minimizes harm to the environment. Example: Reduce,Reuse, Recycle.
Environmental Wellness
Preparing and making use of your gifts, skills, and talents in order to gain purpose, happiness, and enrichment in your life. The development of occupational satisfaction and wellness is related to your attitude about your work. Example: Be open to change and learn new skills.
Occupational Dimension
Illicit drugs is also known as illegal drugs.
Licit drugs is also known as Legal drugs.
It is a specific cues to activate drug seeking and craving, and the long persistence of stress and cue-dependent relapse risk.
Addictive Behavior
Give example of Common Behavioral Addictions.
Sex and Love addiction, Shopping addiction, Gambling Addiction, Gaming addiction, Food addiction, and Exercise Addiction.
What are the risk factors of drug addiction?
Family history of addiction, mental health disorder, peer pressure, lack of family involvement, early use, and taking a highly addictive drug.
People of any age, sex or economic status can become addicted to a drug. Certain factors can affect the likelihood and speed of developing an addiction.
Risk factors of drug addiction.
Drug addiction is more common in some families and likely involves an increased risk based on genes. If you have a blood relative, such as a parent or sibling with alcohol or drug addiction, you're at greater risk of developing a drug addiction.
Family history of addiction
Using drugs can become a way of coping with painful feelings, such as anxiety, depression and loneliness, and can make these problems even worse.
Mental health disorder
A strong factor in starting to use and misuse drugs, particularly for young people.
Peer pressure
Difficult family situations or lack of a bond with your parents or siblings may increase the risk of addiction, as can a lack of parental supervision.
Lack of family involvement
Using drugs at an early age can cause changes in the developing and brain and increase the likelihood of progressing to drug addiction.
Early use
Some drugs such as stimulants, cocaine, or opioid painkillers may result in faster development of addiction than other drugs. Smoking or injecting drugs can increase the potential for addiction.
Taking a highly addictive drug
Emotional Dimension typically defined as possessing the ability to feel and express human emotions such as happiness, sadness and anger. It means having the ability to love and be loved and achieving a sense of fulfillment in life.
Spiritual Dimension involves possessing a set of guiding beliefs, principles, or values that help give direction to one's life. It encompasses a high level of faith, hope and commitment to your individual beliefs that provide a sense of meaning and purpose.