HLTH 237 Study Guide - Final Guide: Neurophysiology, Neurotransmitter, Caffeine

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Health Studies
• Course: HLTH 237
• Professor: Ron Shore

Document Summary

Must be seen in context of mental health. Brain has receptors: plants have chemicals that are made for receptors. How you take the drug: smoking, ingesting. Social sanctions that limit and restrict drug use. Social setting of use: solidarity, using drugs socially. Drug use has social meaning: eg drinking brings people closer. Policy directed toward drug: social sanctions, limit and control use, policy trying to change norms around drug use. Drug use as learned from peers and family. Social determinants of health: poverty education housing. Trends of drug use change over time: change because of needs of society change. Eg working hard, caffeine, modern drug to increase performance. Alcohol to deal with social problems, coping after. Psycholigal set of individual hard work day. Resilience: being able to cope with problems, looking at situations in a different light. What makes people susceptible to addiction: history of addiction, history of mental health.