Health: stress and alcohonism

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Public health is the study of preventing

disease, extending life expectancy, promoting

the dignity of human life by education, and

improving lifestyle choices. Public health

involves the entire community: government,

private sector, and citizens. Public health, and

its related discipline, epidemiology, also

involves analysis and disease modeling. To

understand the foundation of public health,

one must identify key figures and their

contributions to the field. The health of the whole population is a very

important issue. Conditions which are likely to

affect the whole population or large sections

of the population are considered to be public

health issues and are the subject of specific

healthcare promotions and interventions.

These can take a range of forms; those aimed

at raising awareness of symptoms or lifestyle

factors that are implicated in developing a

particular condition; management of health

conditions to improve quality of life and/or

longevity or recognition of symptoms to

obtain early treatment. Public health

interventions are developed to address

identified public health issues.

According to Alcohol Concern Organisation,

more than nine million people in England

consume alcoholic beverages more than the

recommended daily limits. In relation to this,

the National Health Service actually

recommends no more than 3 to 4 units of

alcohol a day for men and two to three units a day

for women. The large number of people

consuming alcohol more than the

recommended limits, highlights the reality that

alcoholism is a major health concern in the UK

which can lead to a multitude of serious

health problems. Alcoholism and chronic use of alcohol are

linked to various medical, psychiatric, social

and family problems. It is safe to declare that alcoholism is a lay

term that simply means excessive intake of

alcohol. It can be divided into two forms

namely; alcohol misuse or abuse and alcohol

dependence. Alcohol misuse simply means

excessive intake of alcohol more than the

recommended limits. A good example of this is

binge drinking.

It showed that there were clearly

associated health impacts with the use of

cannabis, some of these impacts were severe,

and often included mental illness and

behavioural change, especially where high

potency cannabis was used. It also showed

that despite many years of government

strategies and policies, there still does not

appear to be a solution that can reduce the

use or impacts of cannabis and other drugs.

Stress in Health Care line

Studies have shown that healthcare

professionals, particularly nurses and

paramedics, are at an increased risk of work-

related stress compared with other

professionals. This is

likely to be due to the innate long hours and

high pressure of maintaining quality care

standards in the job, as well as pressures

caused by staff shortages, high levels of

patient demand, a lack of adequate

managerial support as well as the risk of

aggression or violence towards nurses from

patients, relatives or even other staff. Stress may be defined as the physical and

emotional response to excessive levelssof

mental or emotional pressure, which may

arise from issues in both the working and

personal life. Stress may cause emotional

symptoms such as anxiety, depressioon,

irritability or low self-esteem, or even manifest

as physical symptoms including insomnia,

headaches, loss of appetite and difficulties

concentrating. Individuals experiencing high

levels of stress may experience difficulty in

controlling emotions such as anger, and may

be more likely to experience illness or

consume increased quantities of alcohol. The pharmaceutical industry has developed

considerably over the past 40 years with

respect to the rate at which new chemical

entities are being discovered. This increased

rate is primarily due to the invention of high

throughput screening, but there is no

correlation between the rate of synthesis of

these novel compounds and the release of

new drugs on the market due to the high

failure rate during the development process.

In order to minimise cost and resources

associated with this loss, effective screening

methods for both pharmacological action and

bioavailability have to be used.

To conclude, One of the main factors that needs to be

considered in public health interventions is

cost-effectiveness.

The NHS has increasing demands on its

services and so, when developing new

interventions or reviewing those already in

place, cost effectiveness is one of the most

important issues. A further aspect of the

effectiveness of public health interventions is

the extent to which they have demonstrably

achieved the aims set for the intervention. These two areas

will now be considered in greater detail.

There is a finite budget available to the NHS to

provide healthcare and this has to be utilised

in the most efficient way. The economic

constraints that have been in place for some

time have created an even greater needed

financial efficiency.

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Stress is very dangerous because it lead to many bad things

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Many have died due to stress and excessive intake of alcohol

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