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1 INTRODUCTION TO MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION

WEB1.1.1 Introduction. It is recognized that mental health is an inherent and central component of health and that promoting mental health optimizes our quality of life. In fact, mental health promotion has grown into a key field of health promotion research and programming, as well as a key priority in building thriving individuals, communities

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PUBH 5133 Workplace Wellness and Health Promotion

WEB2 PUBH 5133 Workplace Wellness and Health Promotion . Mary Hanratty. Week 1. Course Syllabus Review & Course Overview, No Lecture; Week 2. What is Workplace Wellness and Promotion? Definition and Overviews:

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13 Chapter 12: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

WEBHealthy Eating is important in preventing, delaying and managing chronic diseases such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and cancer. A balanced, healthy dietary pattern includes a variety of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean protein, and low-fat dairy products and limits added sugars, saturated fats, and sodium.

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The Pursuit of Happiness – Introduction to Psychology

WEBElements of Happiness. Some psychologists have suggested that happiness consists of three distinct elements: the pleasant life, the good life, and the meaningful life, as shown in Figure 13.24 (Seligman, 2002; Seligman et al., 2005). The pleasant life is realized through the attainment of day-to-day pleasures that add fun, joy, and excitement

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Chapter 4: Physiology of Aging and Nutritional Implications – …

WEB4.1 Common Health and Nutritional Concerns for Older Adults. Aging is a normal process; it is not a disease state or a sentence that a person will end up with a disability. Optimizing physical, mental, and cognitive health is important for healthy aging. Dietary choices can help improve and support optimal aging.

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Stressors – Introduction to Psychology & Neuroscience (2nd Edition)

WEBIn the 1960s, psychiatrists Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe wanted to examine the link between life stressors and physical illness, based on the hypothesis that life events requiring significant changes in a person’s normal life routines are stressful, whether these events are desirable or undesirable. They developed the Social Readjustment Rating …

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CINAHL Database – Introduction to the Library and Library Research

WEBCINAHL Database. The CINAHL Database (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health) is a top nursing database that allows you to search for articles in hundreds of nursing journals. This section will help you to navigate some of the key functions and features of …

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132 Diagnosing and Classifying Psychological Disorders

WEBThe DSM-5 also provides information about comorbidity; the co-occurrence of two disorders.For example, the DSM-5 mentions that 41% of people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) also meet the diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder (Figure PY.6).Drug use is highly comorbid with other mental illnesses; 6 out of 10 people who …

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Stress and Illness – Introduction to Psychology & Neuroscience – …

WEBIn this section, we will discuss stress and illness. As stress researcher Robert Sapolsky (1998) describes, stress-related disease emerges, predominantly, out of the fact that we so often activate a physiological system that has evolved for responding to acute physical emergencies, but we turn it on for months on end, worrying about mortgages, …

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Key Terms for Stress and Health – Introduction to Psychology

WEBHans Selye’s three-stage model of the body’s physiological reactions to stress and the process of stress adaptation: alarm reaction, stage of resistance, and stage of exhaustion. happiness. enduring state of mind consisting of joy, contentment, and other positive emotions; the sense that one’s life has meaning and value. health psychology.

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Chapter 7: Nutritional Assessment and Screening – Nutrition in …

WEBA well-balanced and varied diet full of nutritious foods such as fruits and vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts and lean proteins a nd limited in sugar, salt, saturated or solid fats, and alcoholic beverages is critical to good health in aging (Geirsdóttir & Bell, 2021). A nutritious diet can support the maintenance of a healthy body by managing weight, blood …

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PUBH 5137 Occupational Toxicology – Cape Breton University …

WEBMetabolism and Disposal of Toxicants. Overview of Biotransformation, Metabolism and Excretion Module 3: Toxicology – Section 1: Introduction to Occupational Toxicology (University of Cape Town, South Africa) TOX 1.8: Toxicokinetics – Distribution, Biotransformation and Excretion. Biotransformation.

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Biological Approaches to Treatment – Introduction to Psychology

WEBBiomedical therapies are treatments designed to reduce psychological disorder by influencing the action of the central nervous system. These therapies primarily involve the use of medications but also include direct methods of brain intervention, including electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and …

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PUBH 5121 Health Risk Assessment – Cape Breton University …

WEB10 PUBH 5121 Health Risk Assessment. PUBH 5121 Health Risk Assessment. Helen Mersereau. Recommended Readings: Robinson, L. (2018). A practical guide to toxicology and human health risk assessment. John Wiley & Sons. (Available Online on CBU Library) Chapter 11 Human Health Risk Assessment.

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PUBH5131 Occupational Health and Safety Management I

WEBI. Health and Safety Movement – Some History and Evolution. Safety And Health Movement, Then and Now (PDF) (Pearson) Health and Safety in Canadian Workplaces (PDF) (AU Press)

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Key Terms for Lifespan Development – Introduction to Psychology

WEB83 Key Terms for Lifespan Development. 83. Key Terms for Lifespan Development. accommodation. adjustment of a schema by changing a scheme to accommodate new information different from what was already known. adolescence. period of development that begins at puberty and ends at early adulthood. adrenarche. maturing of the adrenal …

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Drugs and Altered Consciousness – Introduction to Psychology

WEBDrug Effects. Drugs exert their effects on both physical and psychological bodily functions. Physical dependence involves changes in normal bodily functions—the user will experience withdrawal from the drug upon cessation of use. In contrast, a person who has psychological dependence has an emotional, rather than physical, need for the drug and …

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Chapter 2: Theories of Aging – Nutrition in Aging

WEBFrom the beginning of time, preserving youth has been a topic of discussion in science, health care, technology, and everyday life. Few would not want to see what the future holds f or our bodies and minds; even more, curiosity surrounds what advances have been made or will possibly be made to alter and slow the aging process. The knowledge these …

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