Connect Core Concepts in Health, BRIEF, BOUND Edition: 2025 Release ISE

Part One – Establishing a Basis for Wellness

1: Taking Charge of Your Health

2: Stress: The Constant Challenge

3: Psychological Health

4: Sleep

Part Two – Understanding Sexuality

5: Intimate Relationships and Communication

6: Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Children

7: Contraception and Abortion

Part Three – Substance Use Disorders: Making Responsible Decisions

8: Drug Use and Addiction

9: Alcohol and Nicotine

Part Four – Getting Fit

10: Nutrition Basics

11: Exercise for Health and Fitness

12: Weight Management

Part Five – Protecting Yourself from Disease

13: Cardiovascular Health and Cancer

14: Immunity and Infection

Part Six – Living Well in the World

15: Environmental Health

16: Conventional and Complementary Medicine

17: Personal Safety

Part Seven – Accepting Physical Limits

18: The Challenge of Aging

Connect Core Concepts in Health BRIEF is structured around a unique psychological approach to mind-body health, encouraging students to take proactive control of their health through self-assessment and behavior change. Students can stay current on the latest studies while learning how to negotiate cross-cultural ideas of what it means to be healthy and how to live in our diverse, consumer-oriented society. The text's authoritative, science-based content is also integrated with McGraw Hill's digital resources and tools to support all students and diverse learning styles.