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Addiction & Sexual Health Chps. 13 & 14 wou/~timkeng for notes

Addiction & Sexual Health Chps. 13 & 14 www.wou.edu/~timkeng for notes. Final Exam next week – check schedule Multiple choice & T/F – 50 questions Chps. – 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 13, 14 Will use a scantron. Addiction. A problem of imbalance or unease within the body and mind. Addictive behavior:

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Addiction & Sexual Health Chps. 13 & 14 wou/~timkeng for notes

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  1. Addiction & Sexual HealthChps. 13 & 14www.wou.edu/~timkeng for notes Final Exam next week – check schedule Multiple choice & T/F – 50 questions Chps. – 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 13, 14 Will use a scantron

  2. Addiction • A problem of imbalance or unease within the body and mind. • Addictive behavior: • Any habit that has gotten out of control, resulting in a negative impact on a person’s health.

  3. Exercise Work Eating Gambling Buying / shopping Caffeine Pornography TV Video Games Internet Sex Drugs Alcohol Tobacco Addiction / Addictive Behaviors

  4. Addiction • What are contributors to addiction? • Combination of… • Individual characteristics & genetics • Environment • Substance / Activity itself • Why do people become addicted? • Stress • Painful emotions • Difficulty managing life • Filling a hole • Substituting addictive behaviors for healthier coping strategies

  5. Four stages of chemical dependency • Experimentation • Regular use • No preoccupation • long period w/o use • few, if any, negative consequences (job, family, law) • ?? Can people regularly use marijuana, methamphetamine, crack or heroin • 85% who use cocaine, heroin and meth. become addicts

  6. Four stages of chemical dependency • Misuse • Physiological tolerance – it takes more • Preoccupation • Some discomfort when w/o – alcohol used as a substitute • More conflict, isolation, irritability and moodiness, legal & financial problems, job-related problems • Health problems • High levels of stress

  7. Four stages of chemical dependency • Addiction / Dependency • Constant preoccupation with next fix, drink, smoke • Don’t see the consequences of dependency • Constant justification • Typically see themselves as regular users, not addicts • Physiological & psychological craving • Pattern of misuse and no use • Hitting bottom before willing to change • You know you’ve hit rock bottom when you’ve run out of ways to define it. • You can’t adjust your definition of rock bottom anymore.

  8. The continuum • Where are you? Judgment Empathy Ignorance Understanding • Are you an enabler?

  9. Sexual Health • Why do people engage in sexually risky behaviors? • Did you know…. • ~40,000 people in US are infected with HIV each year • Regardless of the public health messages over the last 15 years • Syphilis is back • WHY???????

  10. Sexually Transmitted Diseases • A US Epidemic • Daily, 1 million people are infected with STDs (not including HIV) worldwide • Each year, 15 million Americans are infected with an STD • 25% of all Americans will acquire an STD in their lifetime • 68 million Americans currently have an incurable STD • 25 known STDs, many are incurable

  11. AIDS – U.S. cases for Men

  12. AIDS – U.S. cases for Women

  13. HIV infection worldwide - estimate

  14. Relative Risks High Risk • Unprotected Anal Sex • Unprotected Vaginal Intercourse • Oral Sex • Sharing of sex toys • Use of a condom • Hand-genital contact & deep kissing • Sex w/ only one uninfected & totally faithful partner • Activities w/o exchange of bodily fluids • Abstinence No Risk

  15. Sexual Health • www.who.int • www.cdc.gov • www.thebody.com • www.hivinsite.ucsf.edu/

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