WEEKLY SCHEDULE
WEEKS 1 & 2
Choosing Wellness
1. What are Health and Wellness
 Aspects of Health
 What Determines Health and Wellness
Heredity
Physical Environment
Social Environment
Culture
2. You and Your Health
 The Illness-Wellness Continuum
 Risk Behaviors
 Moving Along the Continuum
Awareness
Knowledge
Behavior Choices
Skills
3. Taking Control of your Health
 Accepting responsibility
 Looking Ahead
WEEKS 3 & 4
Your Personality
1. Personality and Mental Health
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Describing Personality
The Healthy Personality
How is Personality Formed?
Heredity
Environment
Your Self-Concept
2. Theories of Personality
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Freud
Erikson
Maslow
3. Expressing Emotions
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WEEKS 5 & 6
Common Emotions
Love
Anger
Fear
Guilt
Happiness
Sadness
Coping with Your Emotions
Denial
Displacement
Rationalization
Regression
Other Coping Strategies
Managing Stress
1. What is Stress?
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What’s Good About Stress?
What’s Bad About Stress?
2. How Stress Affects Your Body
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Stages of Stress
Alarm Stage
Resistance Stage
Exhaustion Stage
Stress and Illness
Lowered Resistance
Stress-Related Illness
3. Stress and Behavior
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Personality
Coping Strategies
Denial
Sublimation
Daydreaming
Humor
4. Managing Stress
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WEEKS 7 & 8
Relaxation
Creative Visualization
Biofeedback
Getting Help When You Need It
Understanding Mental Disorders
1. What are Mental Disorders?
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Recognizing Mental Disorders
Causes of Mental Disorders
Inborn Causes
Early Experiences
Current Causes
2. Kinds of Mental Disorders
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Anxiety Disorders
Phobic Disorders
General Anxiety and Panic Disorders
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Affective Disorders
Clinical Depression
Manic-Depressive Disorder
Eating Disorders
Somatoform Disorders
Personality Disorders
Compulsive Personality Disorder
Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorder
Oppositional Disorder
Schizoid Disorder
Dissociative Disorder
Schizophrenia
3. Suicide
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The Warning Signs
Prevention
4. Treating Mental Disorders
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When to Seek Help
Where to Find Help
Types of Help
Psychiatrists
Psychologists
Social Workers
Other Mental Health Specialists
Kinds of Treatments
Drug Therapy
Psychotherapy
Hospitalization