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3 parts of the mental health definition
Feeling comfortable about yourself
Feeling right about others
Meeting the demands of life
What can affect our mental health
Relationships, stress, addictions/compulsions, weather, demands of life
Happiness
Happiness is a huge indicator of success. Express gratitude.
Personality
Everything about a person that combined, makes them unique.
Influences on personality
Heredity, environment, self-concept, culture
Mental illness
Medical condition that disrupts a persons thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others and daily functioning.
Mental illness ex.
Depression-manic depression
Eating disorders-anorexia, bulimia, compulsive overeating
Schizophrenia
Defense mechanisms
Ventilation-vigorous or emotional expression
Passive-lacking in energy or will
Displacement-redirection of an emotion
Suppress-to keep it inside
Counseling
Psychologist
School counselor
Mental health therapist
-honest communication
-diet and exercise
-self-esteem and healthy social relations
Medications
Only prescribed by a psychiatrist
Developmental mental health disabilities
Occurs at birth or during the developmental period
Intellectual and developmental disabilities
Mentally challenged (most common IDD)
Down syndrome
Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)
Self esteem
A persons overall evaluation of his or her own self worth
Bullying
Be direct
Delegate
Distract
I-message
Expressing your feelings using the word I rather than you
Used with the intent of being assertive without putting listener on defense
Stress
The body's physical response to a physical or emotional challenge
Stressor
Something which causes the stress response and places a demand on the body to adapt
Types of stress
Social-rejection, peer pressure
Psychological- embarrassment,dealing with a loss
School- homework, tests, teachers
Environmental- the weather, noise
Eustress
positive stress, healthy response to stress
Distress
negative stress, harmful response to stress
Stress response
alarm, resistance, exhaustion
alarm reaction
Heart rate increases, blood pressure rises, pupils dilate. Etc
Resistance
Fight or flight
Exhaustion
Hypertension, hormonal imbalance, headaches etc
Acute stress
Physical and psychological demands on a person
Chronic stress
Long lasting physical and psychological demands
Phobias
Extreme fear of an object or situation
coping mechanisms
Adaptation to environmental stress that is based on conscious choice and that enhances control over behavior or gives comfort
Grief
Reaction to a loss or separation
Stages of grief
Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance
Coping with grief
Be available
Listen
Share your feelings
Signs for concern
Self destructive behavior
Abnormally long grieving process
Severe depression
Depression
A long term mental illness affects how you think and behave persistent sadness
minor depression
2 weeks
Clinical depression
6 weeks
Main causes of depression and suicide
Certain medications
Death or loss
Genetics
Major events
Serious illness etc
Suicide
33,000 successful attempts in us each year
3 leading cause of death in 15-25
What percent of people don't show warning signs
10
Suicide warning signs
Notes
Talk about it
Previous attempts
Giving away prized possessions
obsessive-compulsive disorder
An anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsession) and/ or actions (compulsions).
Bulimia
an eating disorder characterized by episodes of overeating, usually of high-calorie foods, followed by vomiting, laxative use, fasting, or excessive exercise
Anorexia
self starvation
compulsive eating
uncontrolled eating or binge eating
Schizophrenia
a psychological disorder characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and/or diminished, inappropriate emotional expression
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