An invitation to health : build your future

Brief Contents
Contents
Preface
About the Author
Ch 1: Your Invitation to a Healthy Future
	Health and Wellness
	The Dimensions of Health
	A Report Card on the Health of Americans
	A Report Card on Student Health
	Making Healthy Changes
	How and Why People Change
	Making Healthy Changes
	Making This Chapter Work for You
Ch 2: Psychological and Spiritual Well-Being
	Emotional and Mental Health
	Inside the Teen and Twenty-Something Brain
	Learning from Positive Psychology
	Spiritual Health
	Sleepless on Campus
	Understanding Mental Health and Illness
	Mental Health on Campus
	Depressive Disorders
	Anxiety Disorders
	Attention Disorders
	Autism Spectrum Disorders
	Schizophrenia
	Suicide
	Overcoming Problems of the Mind
	The Keys to Good Mental Health
	Making This Chapter Work for You
Ch 3: Personal Stress Management
	What Is Stress?
	What Causes Stress?
	Stress and Physical Health
	Stress in America
	Stress on Campus
	Other Personal Stressors
	Psychological Responses to Stress
	Managing Stress
	Traumatic Life Events and Stress
	Organizing Your Time
	Making This Chapter Work for You
Ch 4: Social Health
	The Social Dimension of Health
	Communicating and Relating
	Forming Relationships
	Dating on Campus
	Loving and Being Loved
	Dysfunctional Relationships
	Partnering across the Life Span
	Family Ties
	Making This Chapter Work for You
Ch 5: Personal Nutrition
	What You Need to Know about Nutrients
	Dietary Guidelines for Americans
	The Way We Eat
	Taking Charge of What You Eat
	Food Safety
	Making Healthful Food Choices
	Making This Chapter Work for You
Ch 6: Managing Your Weight
	Body Composition
	Supersized Nation
	Body Image
	Weight and the College Student
	Understanding Weight Problems
	If You're Too Thin: How to Gain Weight
	Health Dangers of Excess Weight
	A Practical Guide to Weight Loss
	The Psychology of Losing Weight
	Maintaining Weight Loss
	Treating Severe Obesity
	Unhealthy Eating on Campus
	Eating Disorders
	Taking Control of Your Weight
	Making This Chapter Work for You
Ch 7: The Joy of Fitness
	What Is Physical Fitness?
	The Inactivity Epidemic
	Working Out on Campus: Student Bodies in Motion
	Physical Activity and Health
	Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans
	The Principles of Exercise
	Improving Cardiorespiratory Fitness
	Building Muscular Fitness
	Becoming More Flexible
	Mind-Body Approaches
	Keeping Your Back Healthy
	Evaluating Fitness Products and Programs
	Sports Nutrition
	Safe and Healthy Workouts
	Shaping Up
	Making This Chapter Work for You
Ch 8: Sexual Health
	Personal Sexuality and the Dimensions of Health
	Women's Sexual Health
	Men's Sexual Health
	Responsible Sexuality
	Sexual Behavior
	Sexual Diversity
	Sexual Activity
	Sexually Transmitted Infections and Diseases
	The ABCs of Safer Sex
	Human Papillomavirus
	Genital Herpes
	Chlamydia
	Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
	Gonorrhea
	Nongonococcal Urethritis (NGU)
	Syphilis
	Chancroid
	Pubic Lice and Scabies
	Trichomoniasis
	HIV and AIDS
	Being Sexually Responsible
	Making This Chapter Work for You
Ch 9: Contraception and Reproduction
	Reproductive Responsibility
	Conception
	Birth Control Basics
	Abstinence and Nonpenetrative Sexual Activity
	Choosing a Birth Control Method
	Contraception on Campus
	Barrier Contraceptives
	Hormonal Contraceptives
	Intrauterine Contraceptives
	Fertility Awareness Methods
	Emergency Contraception
	Sterilization
	Abortion
	Childfree by Choice
	Pregnancy
	Childbirth
	Infertility
	Protecting Your Reproductive Health
	Making This Chapter Work for You
Ch 10: Major Diseases
	Infectious Illnesses
	How Your Body Protects Itself
	Immunization for Adults
	Infectious Diseases
	Insect- and Animal-Borne Infections
	Emerging Infectious Diseases
	Reproductive and Urinary Tract Infections
	Your Cardiometabolic Health
	Metabolic Syndrome
	Diabetes Mellitus
	Hypertension
	Your Lipoprotein Profile
	Cardiovascular (Heart) Disease
	Crises of the Heart
	Stroke
	Cancer
	Preventing Serious Illness
	Making This Chapter Work for You
Ch 11: Addictions
	Risky Behaviors
	Gambling on Campus
	Drug Use on Campus
	Understanding Drugs and Their Effects
	Caffeine and Its Effects
	Medications
	Prescription Drug Abuse on Campus
	Substance-Use Disorders
	Common Drugs of Abuse
	Treating Substance Dependence and Abuse
	Choosing an Addiction-Free Lifestyle
	Making This Chapter Work for You
Ch 12: Alcohol and Tobacco
	Drinking in America
	Drinking on Campus
	Understanding Alcohol
	The Impact of Alcohol on the Body
	Alcohol, Gender, and Race
	Alcohol Problems
	Alcoholism Treatments
	Smoking in America
	Tobacco Use on Campus
	Smoking, Gender, and Race
	Tobacco's Immediate Effects
	Health Effects of Cigarette Smoking
	Other Forms of Tobacco
	Quitting
	Environmental Tobacco Smoke
	Taking Charge of Alcohol and Tobacco
	Making This Chapter Work for You
Ch 13: Consumer Health
	Quality Health Care
	Personalizing Your Health Care
	Becoming a Savvy Health-Care Consumer
	Your Medical Rights
	Elective Treatments
	Nontraditional Health Care
	The Health-Care System
	Taking Charge of Your Health
	Making This Chapter Work for You
Ch 14: Protecting Yourself and Your Environment
	Unintentional Injury
	Safety on the Road
	Living in a Dangerous World
	Crime and Violence on Campus
	Sexual Victimization and Violence
	The Environment and Your Health
	The Impact of Pollution
	Working Toward Sustainability
	The Water You Drink
	Indoor Pollutants: The Inside Story
	Chemical Risks
	Invisible Threats
	Your Hearing Health
	Taking Care of Yourself and Your Planet
	Making This Chapter Work for You
Ch 15: A Lifetime of Health
	The Aging of America
	Successful Aging
	The Challenges of Age
	Preparing for Medical Crises and the End of Life
	Death and Dying
	Suicide
	Grief
	Living Long and Well
	Making This Chapter Work for You
Answers
Glossary
References
Index