6: KKDP 12 Maintenance of Mental Health

Question 1

Resilience as a positive adaption to adversity:

Answer 1

Involves people using their skills to adapt to different stressors.

Question 2

People with high resilience tend to have:

Answer 2

High self-efficacy

Optimism

Question 3

Biological:

Answer 3

Adequate Diet

Adequate Sleep

Question 4

Adequate Diet:

Answer 4

Balance diet promotes good mental health and contributes to a persons’ resilience.

Question 5

Adequate sleep:

Answer 5

Poor sleep can leave us irritable and vulnerable to psychological and physiological effects like chronic tiredness

Question 6

Psychological:

Answer 6

Cognitive Behavioural Strategies

Question 7

Cognitive Behavioural Strategies:

Answer 7

Strategies drawn from CBT to identify, asses and correct faulty patterns of thinking or behaviours that can affect mental health

Question 8

Cognitive Strategies:

Answer 8

Aim to replace dysfunctional thoughts with more helpful ones

Question 9

Behavioural Strategies:

Answer 9

Teaching relaxation and breathing strategies to help reduce stress and anxiety

Question 10

Social:

Answer 10

Support from friends, family and community

Question 11

People who have:

Answer 11

Social support experience greater psychological wellbeing

Question 12

Emotional Support:

Answer 12

Reassuring people they are valued and cared for

Question 13

Tangible Assistance:

Answer 13

Giving material support to help cope with stress (food, money)

Question 14

Information Support:

Answer 14

Providing ideas on how to cope with the stressor

Question 15

Appraisal Support:

Answer 15

Help people understand the stressor and potentially reassess it.