Emotions & Mental Health Flashcards

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What are emotions made up of?

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● Cognitive Component: the mental state, the conscious feeling of being happy, sad, angry or excited
● Physical Component: the physical characteristics that accompany emotional reactions
● Behavioural Component: expressing the emotions through actions, withdrawal, body language or facial expressions

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Several factors shape who we are emotionally including:

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○ Heredity
○ Learning
○ Maturity

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Mental Health

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functioning in a state of mental and emotional well-being

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Stress

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a physical and psychological response to circumstances in the environment that test our ability to cope

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3 STAGES of stress

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● Alarm Stage: individual recognizes the existing threat (fight or flight)
● Resistance: physiological changes stabilize as the individual grows accustomed to the threat (new normal)
● Exhaustion: the body becomes weaker due to the stress’ toll and thus the body becomes more vulnerable to disease or even death (crash)

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Coping with Stress

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● Stress reactions are physical as well as mental and emotional
● Ways to change these physical reactions to stress will vary from one individual to another ○ ○ ○ Vigorous exercise
○ Listening to music
○ Talking to a friend
○ Engaging in a hobby or sport

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Mental Illness:

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is the disorderly functioning of the mind

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Neurotic Disorders

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which tended to be less serious

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Categories of mental illness

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○ Neurotic Disorders
○ Psychotic Disorders
○ Anxiety Disorder
○ Mood Disorders
○ Schizophrenic Disorders
○ Personality Disorders
○ Substance-related Disorder

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Psychotic Disorders

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which include more serious conditions like schizophrenia- Schizophrenia: a mental disorder marked by distortion of reality, social withdrawal and disturbances of thought, perception, motor activity and emotion

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Anxiety Disorders

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder: anxiety that occurs in the mind of an individual without any obvious cause

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Mood Disorders

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Bipolar Disorder: a condition marked by extreme mood changes that have two stages, a manic stage and a depressive stage

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Schizophrenic Disorders

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a mental disorder marked by distortion of reality, social withdrawal and disturbances of thought, perception, motor activity and emotions

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Personality Disorders

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mental disorders that make it difficult for individuals to relate to others, function normally or hold a job

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Substance-related Disorders

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refer to the harmful use of substances such as alcohol, tobacco or drugs leading to significant impairment or distress

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