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tucslover5 on December 3, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 psychosomatic illness | mind plays a role in causing an actual physical illness (ulcer and migraine) |
| neurosis | mental illness where one has trouble adjusting to environment (depression, anxiety, day dreams, panic attack, o.c.d, s.a.d) |
| depression | what mental illness where one has trouble adjusting to environment is most common? |
| psychosis | mental illness where one loses touch with reality, paranoia, schizophrenia, multiple personalities, bipolar, ptsd |
| phobia | intense irrational fear |
| good stress | encourages your growth with challenges you can meet (goal setting) |
| bad stress | paralyzes you and prevents your growth |
| response | prepares for action (fight vs. flight; fight instinct) |
| resistance | body tries to return to normal (flight instinct) |
| exhaustion | body's defense mechanisms get worn down, mental and physical illness |
| values | guidelines that determine what is important to you and how you lead your life |
| love, anger, fear | what are the 3 basic emotions? |
| instinct | inborn drives or needs |
| depression | a mental illness where one has trouble adjusting to environment, the most common |
| self concept/self esteem | a large factor in mental health which involves how you see yourself |
| warning signs of suicide, | acting depressed, become a loner, change in sleep or eating habits, asks questions about life after death, gives away possessions, loses interest in schoolwork, begins to smoke, drink, use drugs, drastic change in behavior |
| helping someone who is going to commit suicide | listen to the person, don't be judgmental, don't downgrade their problems, inform others of your concerns, point out that death is final, don't challenge them in an attempt to shock them out of idea |
| physical needs | hunger, thirst, sleep, shelter, safety |
| emotional needs | love, belonging, personal value, esteem |
| asethetic needs | learning, appreciate beauty, need for order/balance |
| physical needs | what comes on bottom maslow's heirarchy of needs? |
| emotional needs | what comes second from bottom on maslow's heirarchy of needs? |
| asethetic needs | what comes third on maslow's heirarchy of needs? (from bottom) |
| self actualization needs | reach or strive for full potential, being the best we can be, do what we are capable of doing, and do it as well as we can |
| self actualization needs | what is on the top of maslow's heirarchy of needs? |
| problem solving steps | identify problem, identify all of possible choices, consider or evaluate consequences of each possible choice, select the best choice and act, evaluate the results of your choice |
| ordinary stress | everyday stresses (tests, games, relationships) |
| short term stress | intense but get over it quickly |
| chronic stress | a series of shocks which are not quickly solved, (school, jobs, marriage) |
| 3 stages of stress | response, resistance, exhaustion |
| spring | what season has highest suicide rate? |
| alaska | what state has highest suicide rate? |
| highest suicide rate of jobs | psychiatrist, dentist, lawyer |
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