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Study Guide Answers

1.     What is self-destructive behavior?
     An unhealthy reaction to a stressful situation that can cause a person to do harm to him or herself
2.     _______________ are agents, conditions or other stimuli that cause stress to an organism.
     Stressors
3.     What emotional state is characterized by fear and intolerance of rivalry or unfaithfulness?
     Jealousy
4.     In an abusive relationship, one partner may put the other on a _____________ as a means of control or as a motive for violence.
     Guilt trip
5.     ______________ is characterized by unrealistic fear of weight gain, self-starvation and compulsive exercising.
     Anorexia
6.     What is the best way to combat low self-esteem?
     Associate with people that have a positive outlook on life.
7.     What is one of the most common forms of self-destructive behavior?
     Drug and alcohol abuse
8.     What are two coping devises that help to relieve stress?
     Exercise, sleep, eating healthy or do something you enjoy
9.     ____________ is a disease characterized by the excessive consumption of and dependence on alcoholic beverages.
     Alcoholism
10.     Self-mutilation includes the person who methodically bites his or her nails. True or False.
     True
11.     _______________ are aware that their eating is out of control and are fearful of not being able to stop.
     Bulimics
12.     What is a feeling of being at fault either for real or imagined offenses or by thoughts that we have not lived up to a certain ideal?
     Guilt
13.     What condition causes the chemistry of the brain to change so that you are robbed of sleep, appetite, energy, concentration, pleasure and hope?
     Depression
14.     ____________ stems from what is regarded as an insult or injury to you or someone you know.
     Anger
15.     People who abuse drugs for recreations purposes are most likely to choose one of which two drugs?
     Narcotic or hallucinogen
16.     Sufferers of what disease run the risk of severe depression, obesity, high blood pressure, cardiac arrest and diabetes?
     Compulsive overeating
17.     _____________ and ____________ can help family members to deal with problems caused by alcoholics.
     Al-Anon, Alateen
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