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QUESTIONS

DOMANDE POSTE NELLE INTERROGAZIONI FINALI:

• ANXIETY DISORDERS

1. Name some symptoms of generalised anxiety disorder (p. 200)

2. How can a patient try to objectify his/her anxiety? (By having phobias p. 201)

What are phobias?

3. What is obsessive-compulsive disorder? (p. 201)

What is the difference between obsessions and compulsions?

4. Are you hypochondriac? Do you often call out the doctor? Do you worry a lot about your health? (p. 205)

5. Which are the main somatoform disorders? (somatization disorders – hypochondria – hysteria p. 206). Explain each of them (what are somatization disorders? What is hypochondria? What is hysteria? p. 206).

• SCHIZOPHRENIA

6. What is schizophrenia? What does the word “schizophrenia” derive from? (p. 208)

7. Do we know the cause of schizophrenia? Who does this illness affect? (p. 208)

8. Who are the main mental health professionals? Where do they work? (p. 214)

9. What are hallucinations? Are they positive or negative symptoms of which mental illness? (p. 210)

10. Social withdrawal: which kind of symptom is it? Which mental illness are we talking about? (p.210)

11. How is schizophrenia usually treated? (p. 211)

• DEPRESSION

12. What is depression? Is it a sign of personal weakness? (p. 212)

13. Do you know anybody who suffers from depression? Which are its symptoms?(p. 212)

14. Have hormonal factors got a key role in depression? Why?

• EATING PROBLEMS

15. Which eating problems have you studied? What is the difference between anorexia and bulimia? (p. 218)

16. Which are the characteristics of a teenager affected by anorexia? (p. 218)

17. Which are the causes of bulimia? What about its symptoms? (p. 218)

• ALCOHOLISM

18. Is alcohol a solution to problems, according to you? (p. 219)

19. Name some of the most typical signs of alcohol dependency. (p. 219)

• DRUG ADDICTION

20. Why may teenagers use drugs? (p. 221)

• REFUGEES

21. Who are refugees? What is their hope? (p. 229)

22. What does immigration often produce in receiving countries? (p. 229-230)

• FACILITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS (UNIT 9)

23. What is “La Speranza” residential home? Which kind of people live there? (p. 164)

24. What do day centres aim to do? (p. 167)

What kind of activities are available in day centres? (p. 167)

25. Who works in a residential home for people with special needs? (p. 172)

• DISABILITIES (UNIT 10)

DOWN'S SYNDROME

26. How many chromosomes does a person with Down's Syndrome have in each cell?

What happens in mosaicism? (p. 179-180)

27. Name some physical features of a child with Down's Syndrome. (p. 180)

28. Can people with Down's Syndrome have health problems? Which ones? (p. 182)

AUTISM

29. Which autistic behaviours have you studied? Name some of them. (p. 187)

30. What is the cause of autism? Is there a cure for it? (p. 186)

CEREBRAL PALSY

31. How many types of cerebral palsy are there? Which are its symptoms? (p. 192)

EPILEPSY

32. When a person is affected by epilepsy, what do his or her neurons do? (p. 193)

MENTAL RETARDATION

33. Which are the causes for mental retardation? What therapeutic interventions are available? (p. 194)

DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY

34. What is Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy? Who does this disorder usually affect? (p. 195)

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REFUGEES - Michela - 5°E

Every year, many people leave their home country.

This happens because people cannot live in dignity and quietly in their country as their life is in constant danger.

The countries that host them are often disappointed because they focus on the differences and they forget we are all human beings.

Refugees usually do underpaid works, jobs that local people refuse, the 3-D work (Dirty, Dangerous and Difficult) ones.

Their presence increases the global consumption and the development of economy.

Receiving countries are often afraid of different cultures because they don't spend their time trying to get to know them.




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DRUG ADDICTION - Michela - 5°E

THE ENDLESS TUNNEL

There may be different causes leading to drug addiction.
Teenagers may use drugs as a means of temporary alleviation of the discomforts connected to life events which they perceive as being out of their control and can be seen as a conseguence of family risk factors.
However family disruption may not directly lead to drug use; rather family problems may lead to disenchantment with traditional values and the development of deviant attitudes, which may in turn lay the foundation for substance abuse.





WARNING SIGNS OF TEENAGE DRUG ABUSE


It is important to keep in mind that if teenagers show some of the following signs, it does not necessarily mean that they are abusing drugs since there are other causes for these behaviours.

SIGNS AT HOME:

• loss of interest in family activities
• disrespect  for family rules
• sudden increase or decrease in appetite
• not coming back on time
• lies about activities

SIGNS AT SCHOOL

• sudden drop in grades
• loss of interest in learning
• sleeping in class
• defiant of authority
• not doing homework

PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL SIGNS:

• new friends
• smell of alcohol or marijuana on breath or body
• negative,  paranoid or  confused, destructive, anxious
• drastic weight loss or gain
• unhappy and depressed

ALCOHOLISM - Sidorela - 5°E

Drinking:

A solution to problems?

Alcohol use among young people has become a significant health problem since teenagers are drinking more alcohol more often than ever before.

Teenagers sometimes have their first drink by the age of 12.

Each year a lot of people aged less than 25 die as the result of alcohol use, especially while driving.

Alcohol can harm the body and cause serious psychological problems.

EATING DISORDERS - Giulia - 5°E

Eating disorders are psychological disorders that involve disturbances in eating behaviour.


Two psychiatric eating disorders are anorexia and bulimia. There is no one cause of eating disorders but they are linked to a combination of factors, such as family relationships and psychological problems. These diseases affect a lot of teenagers. Symptoms of eating disorders may include a distorted body image, extreme weight change and high interest in exercise.


Bulimics binge on great quantities of high-caloric food and they self induce vomiting or they use laxatives. A combination of treatments, including cognitive behavioural therapy and anti-depressant medication may help teens overcome bulimia.


A teenager affected by anorexia suffers from low self-esteem, irrationally believing she is fat. Anorexics starve themselves. Anorexia treatment usually involves nutritional feeding, medical monitoring and psychological therapy.


Eating disorders can lead to serious illness and even death.