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    Income can impact both your physical health and your mental health in a multitude of ways. Income plays a role in determining the level of health care you can afford, surgeries you can have done, and even the food you choose to eat. Stress from lack of income can have detrimental effects on your mental state as well. A lower salary can be a risk factor for substance abuse, anxiety, and mood disorders1. When American adults were surveyed, 72 percent of them reported feeling stress related to income

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    packed-with-technology apartment. II. Preview Statement Today I will discuss why we should spend more time outdoors. I will one talk the outdoor air quality, 2 on how the natural environment improves our mental health/ and the ways it helps you think clearly and finally on how our physical health can benefit from the outdoors. Body (Transition: First I will talk to you on how the outdoors has slight better air quality). III. Main point 1: The Outdoors has Better Air Quality A. You may think that

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    Health Psychologists: What Affects Your Physical Health Health Psychology studies psychological/behavioral health, illness and healthcare. Understanding how psychological factors (like attitude, stress, emotions, etc.) impact a person’s health are examples of Health Psychology. Someone that studies Health Psychology is called a Health Psychologist. A Health Psychologist evaluates the behavior of someone. After evaluating someone, they strive to find ways to help better a person 's choices that

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    Physical Therapy is an internationally acknowledged health profession. It may be practiced only by qualified and, where required by state or national legislation, duly license/registered physical therapists. Physical therapists ensures public safety and maximize the availability of their services. Evidence documents that expert physical therapists emphasis on patient education and understanding about working within the health care system to maximize resources. In accordance with American Physical

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    example, stress can motivate someone to study for an exam or plan ahead in his or her agenda to stay organized. Its only when stress manifest out of control and is not addressed properly that it can have very negative effects on both our mental and physical health. Reflecting on the document we watched in class, Stress: Portrait of a Killer, I was surprised to learn more about baboons correlating to human beings stress management and how you position as individual in the hierarchy of life has in effect

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    Optimism’s Effect on Psychological and Physical Health. Becca Rubio Abstract For many years, numerous studies have analyzed the effect of Optimism on Psychological and Physical health. Optimism is generally known as being confident that there is a positive outcome to any situation and hopeful for a positive life in the future. It is also believed that those who tend to be more pessimistic than others have a larger amount of stress which can ultimately cause physical illness and emotional/mental exhaustion

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    Mental health is a major concern for the general population, but especially for university students (Reeves et al., 2011; Hunt and Eisenberg, 2010; Biddle and Asare, 2011). It is important to look at what causes mental health issues, such as psychological distress, and what can be done to help eliminate or treat them (Hunt and Eisenberg, 2010; Knowlden, Hackman, and Sharma, 2015; Biddle and Asare, 2011). One possible factor when looking at what could influence psychological distress is physical activity

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    Understanding Thesis: Option 1 Prose form: news article News in Review - University of Calgary Study Demonstrates the Dangers of Technology on Physical Health and Psychological Condition If someone were to tell you that every time you sat in front of your computer or scrolled through Instagram you were rewiring your brain you would probably back away from the screen. The alarming part is that this is reality. An eye opening University of Calgary study demonstrates that technology is an integral

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    Physical therapy can be a marvel for those who are chronically ill or injured giving them the ability to live an active and healthy lifestyle after proceeding with treatment. A close relative of mine experiences this at CBI Health Center in Kelowna, BC and is pursuing at improving his health post treatment. With the assist of his physiotherapists he modifies his health daily by eating better and being active, is currently losing weight, has had a decrease in pain, increase in mobility, and returned

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    What studies explain why we need to communicate for our physical health? How can not dealing with emotions properly damage not only our physical health, but our mental health? Does holding in all of your emotions by not communicating with others cause you to fall into depression? It seems there are many of us that tend to hold in our emotions rather than communicating to others on how we are feeling. We may go on believing that if we keep these feelings hidden, especially negative feelings, that

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