Every year, the American Psychological Association conducts a survey about stress in the United States. Some of the more common sources of stress are money, family responsibilities, health-related concerns, and work. To see more sources of stress, and see some generational differences and trends on stress level, see https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/stress/2018/interactive-graphics.
Daily Archives: August 12, 2019
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It is possible to manage stress – some ideas can be found here https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/stress/index.shtml and here https://www.heart.org/en/healthy-living/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/3-tips-to-manage-stress. There are certain key ways to help manage the way you think that help with stress.
One way to understand how long-term stress affects your health is through the General Adaptation Syndrome, which describes the three stages of stress – alarm, resistance, and exhaustion – https://www.healthline.com/health/general-adaptation-syndrome. Before you experience stress, your body is in homeostasis. This is the state where the various body systems are in […]
When you perceive something as a threat to you, your body activates part of your autonomic nervous system called the sympathetic nervous system which sends hormones through your body. These hormones cause various changes that you can notice – all of these changes are called the fight or flight response. […]
There are many reasons to feel stress, whether good or bad. The stress process often has a harmful effect on our bodies. But there are many things we can do to manage our stress. What are your favorite ways to manage your stress? What do you like to do, eat, […]
Mortality in 1900 vs. 2010 Discussion question: How have the causes of death changed in the last 100 years? Discussion question: Why have the causes of death changed in the last 100 years?
What are some of the most common behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death? And is there anything we can do to change our likelihood of death from a particular cause? The behaviors that are responsible for most deaths in the United States are: using tobacco, a sedentary […]
Our government and many health-related organizations put together a plan every 10 years to improve the health of the nation. This decade’s plan is called HealthyPeople 2020 – https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/About-Healthy-People Some of the broad areas that Healthy People 2020 focuses on are: Reducing or eliminating illness, disability or premature death Eliminating […]
One way to track the health of the nation every year is with the leading causes of death which can be found here https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm for all ages in the United States. To learn more about different causes of death by sex, age, and race, download the following report from National […]
How would you define health? There are several interconnected and relateddimensions of wellness that are dynamic – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5508938 What makes your health better or worse? All of the factors that influenceyour health, including your genetic code, your behaviors, and your environment,are called the determinants of health – https://www.who.int/hia/evidence/doh/en/ Social determinants […]
