David Posen, M.D., suggests in his article, found at the site below, that one can reduce stress in one's life in four different ways: "Change your behavior, change your thinking, change your lifestyle choices and/or change the situations you are in." Apply Posen's suggestions to your own life. After you have read the article, develop one strategy in each of the four categories for reducing the stress in your life. In each case, explain the rationale for the change, and then describe your plan for reducing your stress.
http://www.mentalhealth.com/mag1/p51-str.html#Head_1 Is "Type A behavior" (hurried, demanding, time-oriented, etc.) associated with increased risk of heart disease? In an article found at the site below, the suggestion is made that a particular component of Type A behavior may be the real culprit. What is this component and what does research suggest regarding its relationship to heart disease? What can be done to reduce the risk?
http://www.cfah.org/hbns/news/typea07-18-03.cfm The "biomedical model" of health care suggests that an "expert" (the doctor) uses skills of diagnosis and treatment to "cure" illness and disease. Recent thinking suggests a "biopsychosocial" collaboration between the physician and patient to provide a more holistic method of improving one's health. Use the article by Paul Deep at the site below to summarize both the doctor's and the patient's roles in this newer approach.
http://www.cda-adc.ca/jcda/vol-65/issue-9/496.pdf |
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