Emotions & Mental Health

Question 1

What are emotions made up of?

Answer 1

● 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

Question 2

Several factors shape who we are emotionally including:

Answer 2

○ Heredity
○ Learning
○ Maturity

Question 3

Mental Health

Answer 3

functioning in a state of mental and emotional well-being

Question 4

Stress

Answer 4

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

Question 5

3 STAGES of stress

Answer 5

● 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)

Question 6

Coping with Stress

Answer 6

● 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

Question 7

Mental Illness:

Answer 7

is the disorderly functioning of the mind

Question 8

Neurotic Disorders

Answer 8

which tended to be less serious

Question 9

Categories of mental illness

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Psychotic Disorders

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Anxiety Disorders

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Mood Disorders

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Schizophrenic Disorders

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Personality Disorders

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Substance-related Disorders

Answer 15

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