Health - Definition of the application
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- Created on: 02-04-14 18:15
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- Health Psychology
- Health psychology is the study of views on health
- It promotes good health and looks in depth at drugs and their effects
- Substance misuse is when an individual takes advantage of a drug and so it affects their mental and physical health
- This alters an individuals responsibilities and social situation
- A synapse is the junction between 2 nerve cells of which a drug impulse may travel across to alter our body functioning
- Tolerance is the capacity to endure subjection to a drug without an adverse reaction
- Physical dependence is a state that results from chronic drug use where negative physical withdrawal symptoms result from a low dosage
- Psychological dependence is the state resulting from chronic drug use where negative thought processes of withdrawal symptoms result from a low dosage
- Withdrawal is a disturbance that occurs when a drug is withdrawn from an individual
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