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Charcteristics of Mental Health |
- realistic about goals - always positive - respect others - able to manage stress - keep active |
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Characteristics of a Non Mentally healthy person |
- not fit - depressed - different moods - eating disorder |
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Types of Stressors |
1.Physical Stress- P: physical activities N: smoking 2. Social Stress- P:compliments N: rejections 3. Intellectual- P: challenging problems N: mental fatigue 4. emotional- P: falling in love N: lack of love 5. spiritual- P:follows moral code N: moral conflicts 6. Environmental- P: lots of money N: lack money
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T or F: pleasant and stimulating situations can be stressful. |
TRUE |
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Stress Related Illnesses or Problems |
Mood: mo0d changes from happy to sad anxiety: anxious or scared about upcoming events physical: body pain schizophrenia |
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What differs about individuals that might affect how they handle stress |
-age -gender -occupation -health -culture
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Boy who does not have strength for sports, finds satisfaction working on school yearbook: |
COMPENSATION |
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high school student stomps floor when parents refuse to let her go to movies: |
DISPLACEMENT |
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"I may not be doing well in school but I will exceed as an adult" |
RATIONALIZATION |
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girl imagines herself getting all the boys: |
FANTASY + DAYDREAMING |
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student complains about stomach before a history exam |
WITHDRAWAL |
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mary failed to make basketball team, says she didn't care |
RATIONALIZATION |
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"i would do better if my brothers stopped bugging me" |
PROJECTION |
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Jerry found he had a new sister and began to suck his thumb |
REGRESSION |
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a dog bit betty and it gave her a physical and emotional scar. when asked she says she doesn't remeber it: |
REPRESSION |
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Lucy likes to walk around in her mother's high heel shoes when she is at work: |
IDENTIFICATION |
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Julian puts up with his boss's nasty remarks because he needs money. |
SUPRESSION |
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ways to master stress |
1.change lifestyle habits: care for yourself, balanced diet, exercise 2. change stressful situations: communicate concerns with assertion, practicing problem solving, possible leave the situation 3.change thinking: positivity, see problems as oppurtunitites, be realistic 4.use relaxation response: take deep breath, count to ten before responding, sleep on the news |
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adaptive coping |
physical: maintain health, learn to relax mental: positive thoughts, value yourself social: communicate wth people, seek new activities |
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suicide risk factors |
Emotional state: guilt,shame, depression Behavioural Changes: neglect appearance, withdrawal, anger Personal crisis: poor grades, change school, trouble with law, bullying lack of support network: no friends/family, no church/club, no connection to professional support warning signs: goodbyes, relations to death, suicide notes, sudden burst of energy physical symptoms: aches, pains, eating habits family background: family death, over protective family, conflict in family |
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suicide prevention |
-call suicide centre - take person seriously when threatens suicide - be direct - don't challenge person - be willing to listen |
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warning signs |
- gives away possesions - abused - recent break up - hopeless - goodbyes |
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You can always tell if someone is experiencing a mental illness: |
FALSE |
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People with mental illnesses are more violent than other people: |
False |
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A person who has attempted suicide is at a much lower risk of a second attempt: |
False |
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People who are mentally healthy experience stress: |
True |
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Stress is the cause of, or contributes to most mental illnesses: |
True |
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Major changes in behaviour, eating disorders, depression, and moodiness are signs of suicide: |
True |
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Exercise increases the amount of stress in a person's life: |
False |