5: KKDP 1: Mental Health as a continuum

Question 1

Mentally Healthy:

Answer 1

• Cope with normal stressors
• Can work productively
• Able to make a contribution to his or her community

Question 2

Mental Health Problem 1:

Answer 2

Adversely affects the way a person thinks, feels or behaves

Question 3

Mental Health Problem 2:

Answer 3

To a lesser extent than a mental disorder, temporary

Question 4

Mental Health Problem 3:

Answer 4

Causes impairment of functioning to a degree

Question 5

Mental Health Problem e.g.:

Answer 5

Sadness and despair that lasts a week

Question 6

Mental Health Disorder 1:

Answer 6

Involves a combination of thoughts, feelings and/or behaviours which are usually associated with significant personal distress

Question 7

Mental Health Disorder 2:

Answer 7

Involves impairment of the ability to function effectively in everyday life

Question 8

Mental Health Disorder e.g.:

Answer 8

Clinically diagnosed disorders such as schizophrenia

Question 9

Mental Health continuum:

Answer 9

The location of an individual’s mental health on the continuum is not fixed

Question 10

Internal and External factors:

Answer 10

Mental health is influenced by internal and external factors

Question 11

Internal factors:

Answer 11

Influences that originate inside or within a person and can be biological or psychological

Question 12

Biological Internal factors:

Answer 12

Includes physiologically based influences, often not under our control

Question 13

Biological Internal factors e.g.:

Answer 13

Sex, genes, fight-flight-freeze response

Question 14

Psychological Internal Factors:

Answer 14

Includes all influences associated with mental processes

Question 15

Psychological Internal Factors e.g.:

Answer 15

Beliefs, perceptions of ourselves and the environment

Question 16

External factors:

Answer 16

Factors that originate outside a person

Question 17

External factors example:

Answer 17

Exposure to stressors, level of income