Mental Health 10th grade Health
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Mental Health | a term used to describe either a level of cognitive or emotional well being or an absence of a mental disorder |
| cognition | to know or understand |
| personality | complex set of characteristics that make you unique and distinguishes you from everyone else |
| modeling | copying behaviors of those you are exposed to |
| emotions | signals that tell your mind and body how to react |
| stress | a mentally or emotionally disruptive or upsetting condition occurring in response to adverse external influences and capable of affecting physical health, usually characterized by increased heart rate, a rise in blood pressure, muscular tension, irritability, and depression |
| Distress | bad stress |
| Eustress | good stress giving fulfillment |
| What do stress researchers think? | believes that people who choose a healthful diet, get plenty of sleep, and exercise regularly are better able to cope with stress |
| time management | effective ways to arranging your time |
| mental disorder | a brain disease or disorder that results in drastic changes in people's thinking, feeling, and behavior |
| phobia | an unreasonable fear |
| obsession | constantly thinking about something |
| compulsion | constantly doing something |
| panic disorder | an anxiety disorder and is characterized by unexpected and repeated episodes of intense fear accompanied by physical symptoms |
| OCD | obsessive compulsive disorder |
| Hypochondria | a pre occupation with the body and fear of presumed diseases |
| schizophrenia | split mind, one of paranoia; delusional voices |
| depression | a feeling of emotional rejection |
| manic(bipolar) disorder | dramatic mood shifts for no apparent reason |
| psychiatrist | deals with mental, emotional and behavioral disorder of mind, can give drugs |
| psychologist | specializes in study of abnormal human behavior in the clinical setting, can not give drugs |
| Neurologist | physician who specializes in physical disorders of the brain and nervous system |
| counselor | a professional who handles personal and educational matters |
| social worker | a professional who provides guidance and treatment for emotional problems in a hospital, mental health clinic, or family service agency |
| Denial | refusal to accept loss |
| Anger | Resentment |
| Bargaining | Desperation |
| Grief | Depression |
| Resolution | Acceptance |
| Hope | look to future |
| attempts annually | 500,000 |
| incident in last 20 years | tripled |
| 3rd leading cause for ages | 15-24 |
| 4 males commit suicide | 1 female commits suicide |
| Female attempts as male | 4 times |
| drug suicides | 2 out of 3 |
| close relative who suicide | 1 out of 2 |
| feeling prior to attempt | worthlessness helplessness hopelessness oberwhelmed |
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