Emotional/Mental Health

Question 1

What is mental health?

Answer 1

“State of successful performance of mental function, resulting in productive activities, fulfilling relationships with other people and the ability to adapt to change and to cope with challenges.” Healthy People 2020 – Mental health overview

Question 2

Characteristics of Positive Mental Health

Answer 2

• High self esteem
• Realistic and accept imperfections in themselves and others
• Help others
• Sense of control over their lives, able to meet challenges and solve problems
• Optimistic
• Capacity for relationships
• Able to adapt to adversity

Question 3

Self Actualized Person

Answer 3

• Developed by Abraham Maslow; model for human personality development hierarchy of needs
• Purposed that in order to meet full potential first the base needs to be met

Question 4

Hierarchy of Needs

Answer 4

1. Self-Actualization
2. Self-Esteem
3. Love and Belonging
4. Safety and Security
5. Physiology Needs

Question 5

Self-Actualization (Hierarchy of Needs)

Answer 5

Morality, creativity, spontaneity, acceptance experience purpose, meaning and inner potential

Question 6

Self-Esteem (Hierarchy of Needs)

Answer 6

Confidence, achievement, respect of others, the need to be a unique individual

Question 7

Love and Belonging (Hierarchy of Needs)

Answer 7

Friendship, family, intimacy, sense of connection

Question 8

Safety and Security (Hierarchy of Needs)

Answer 8

Health, employment, property, family, and social status

Question 9

Physiology Needs (Hierarchy of Needs)

Answer 9

Breathing, food, water, shelter, clothing, sleep

Question 10

Optimism

Answer 10

Tend to see problem as temporary and specific than permanent

• Tend to react to failure as something they can learn from
• See challenges as something to grow and learn from

Question 11

Resilience

Answer 11

• Ability to respond from adversity

- Involves pattern of thinking and feeling and behavior

Question 12

Mental disorders

Answer 12

Anxiety…

Question 13

Stress- General Adaptation Syndrome

Answer 13

Response to stress (three stage)
Stages:
Alarm, Resistance, Exhaustion

Question 14

Alarm- Reaction Stage (General Adaptation Syndrome)

Answer 14

“flight or fight”

• Body recognizes stress send signal to hypothalamus and body releases glucocorticoids which releases adrenaline & cortisol
• Heart rate and blood pressure increases, blood glucose also rise
• Changes that occur to the body by the autonomic nervous system (Sympathetic Branch)

Question 15

Resistance (General Adaptation Syndrome)

Answer 15

• Body tries to counteract the physiological changes that occurred during the alarm stage
• Governed by the parasympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system which tries to bring the body back to normal
• If the stress remain the body will stay in a state of stress

Question 16

Exhaustion (General Adaptation Syndrome)

Answer 16

• Extended period of stress
• Body has been depleted of its energy because of continuing to recover from the stress
• Person may experience: tiredness, depression, anxiety, unable to cope, stress-related health conditions