Lifestyle and Risk Taking Behavior

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Lifestyle andRisk-Taking BehaviorEdgel May C. Bayag, M.D.


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Lifestyle Forms of activities in a mans life that are typical

for a certain society

Based on prevailing objective conditions Mediating structures which reflect a whole range

of social values, attitudes and activities

Choice of behavior may be promotive of, ordetrimental to health


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Risk-Taking Behavior Behavior that is detrimental to ones health and

life

Young people love taking risks

Taking risks is a natural part of growing up

Provides a young person with a sense ofadultness


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Risk-Taking Behavior Some take risks to gain friends or sexual

experience

Offer a means of escape from resolution of

personal conflicts

Benefits are short term while harm done can belasting


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8 HEALTH RISKSOF YOUNG PEOPLE


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Smoking


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Addiction


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Physical Activities &Exercise


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Endangering traffic behavior Video Clip


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Eating Habits


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Interpersonal Relations


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Sexual Behaviors


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Health Risks of Young People Smoking Alcohol consumption and

related problems Addiction Physical activities and

exercise Endangering traffic

behavior Eating habits Interpersonal relations Sexual behaviors


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Substance Abuse used to replace the terms, alcohol abuse and drug

abuse

refers to excessive use of drugs or alcohol which isinconsistent with acceptable practice, medically orsocially

usually results in a failure to fulfill major roleobligations at home, school or work, or inrecurrent legal problems

substance use is continued even when it is physicallyhazardous or despite having persistent or recurrentsocial or interpersonal problems caused orexacerbated by the effects of the substance


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Tolerance manifests as decline in effect with continued use

of the same amount of the substance

leads to a need for markedly increased amounts

of the substance to achieve the desired effect


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Physiological Dependence characterized by the presence of tolerance and

the appearance of withdrawal symptoms when

use of the substance is stopped can be explained by neuroadaptive changes that

follow intake of many drugs including anti-

depressants and beta-adrenergic receptorantagonists


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Dependence As a Behavioral Syndrome

characterized by a persons compulsion to take asubstance (continuously or periodically) in

order to experience its psychic effects or toavoid the discomfort of its absence


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Statistics of Mortality


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10 Most Common Causes of MortalityTOP 5 for Ages 15-19yo


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10 Most Common Causes of Mortality


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