Anxiety, depression and self-harm Flashcards
What are the 4 main functions of the brain?
Organising sensory input
Making sense of sensory and social information
Motivate survival
Maximise efficency
What is state anxiety?
The feeling of anxiety
Feeling nervous, trapped, panicked
What is trait anxiety?
An individuals propensity to experience anxiety under a certain set of stresses
An example of a high trait anxiety is revising for an exam for a year- takes little stress to create enough state anxiety to motivate one to do something
Low trait anxiety: takes a lot of stress to create enough state anxiety for one to do something
Due to genetic factors and environment
How can we conceptualise anxiety disorder?
Can be conceptualised as a self- perpetuating network of positive feedback arising from normally adaptive response
Why do we have anxiety?
Automatically motivates us to avoid harm
What is avoidance?
Avoiding the thing causing an anxiety causing you to maintain a fear to something- conditioned fear
What is attentional and cognitive bias?
Changes the way you perceive the things around you - causes state anxiety
e.g. perceiving shadows as a threatening person
What are rumination?
automatic negative thoughts- contributes to state anxiety
What causes depression?
Depressogenic stressors e.g. abuse, bullying
How can depression be thought of as a recuperative response?
Response that brain has that allows you to recover from prolonged stresses
What is a negative impact of prolonged stress?
Overwhelms homeostasis- degree of stress is so severe that it overwhelms homeostasis
What contributes to low self-worth?
Cognitive bias- changes the way you perceive the world
What can low self-worth, low mood and low energy be associated with?
Social withdrawal and isolation
What can low mood lead to?
Poor sleep and hopelessness which can make an individual feel suicidal
What are the 2 categories of self-harm?
Non- suicidal self injury: cutting, burning, hair pulling, poisoning
Suicide
