Final Sac Flashcards
Mental Wellbeing
The ability to cope with stress in life it involves our emotionally, psychologically and socially being healthy and secure
Levels of functioning
refers to the degree to which an individual can complete day to day tasks in an independent and effective manner.
High levels of functioning
- carry out everyday basic tasks
-productive in daily tasks
-set goals and take steps to achieve them
-independent
-adapt to changes in environment
Low levels of functioning
- Struggle to carry out everyday tasks
- feeling tired which decreases productivity
- lack direction or able to set goals in life
-unable to cope with changes in the environment
Resilience
ability to cope and manage change and uncertainty
High levels of Resilience
- seek solutions to problems
- use appropriate coping strategies
- flexible in changing circumstances
- optimistic and hopeful
Low levels of resilience
- experience enduring feelings of being overwhelmed when problems arise
- rely on unhealthy or unhelpful coping strategies
- be unable to adapt to change
- lack hope and optimism
Social wellbeing
ability to form and maintain healthy relationships with others
High levels of social wellbeing
- strong support network
- able to form and maintain meaningful relationships
- able to effectively communicate with others
Low levels of social wellbeing
- isolated or lack support from others
- difficulty forming and maintaining meaningful relationships
- struggle to effectively communicate with others
Emotional wellbeing
ability to regulate one’s own emotions
High levels of emotional wellbeing
- aware of own and other’s current emotional state
- experience a wide range of emotions
- express emotions at appropriate times
Low levels of emotional wellbeing
- unable to understand or name their own emotions and other’s
- unable to experience certain emotions
- express emotions at inappropriate times
Multidimensional
made up of different components
holistic
reflects an approach to wellbeing that considers the whole person including mental, social, physical and spiritual needs.
Mental Wellbeing as a continuum
changes over time depending on the person’s psychological state at that point in time
Stress
A psychological and physiological response that occurs when something demands attention or effort to cope
Anxiety
psychological and physiological response that involves feelings of worry and apprehension about a percieved threat
Specific Phobia
excessive or disproportionate fear over a particular stimulus
Similarities between anxiety and stress
both on the ‘functioning’ on the Mental Health continuum
Experienced from time to time
Differences between anxiety and stress
Stress - response to a threat in a situation
Anxiety - reaction to the stress
Protective factors
influences that enable an individual to promote and maintain high levels of MWB
Biological PF
Adequate hydration, sleep and nutrition
Psychological PF - Cognitive Behavioural Strategies
Cognitive - Replacing dysfunctional thoughts with functional ones
Behavioural - Replacing dysfunctional behaviour with functional ones
Psychological PF - Meditation
focus on present experiences to promote calmness and peacefulness
Social PF
Genuine and effective assistance from friends, family and other close people/community
Biological Factors - GABA Dysfunction
The insufficient neural transmission or reception to GABA in the body, it prevents overexcitation and uncontrolled firing of the PSN
Biological Factors - LTP (Long Term Potentiation)
long lasting and experiences that strengthen the synaptic connections which are regularly activated
Precipitation
Trigger, normally through Classical Conditioning
perpetuation
Maintain Phobia, normally through Operant Conditioning
Cognitive Bias
predisposition to think and process information in a certain way
Memory Bias
inaccurate or overexagerated memory of events that make the memory worse than what it was
Catastrophic Thinking
Event or stimulus is predicted to make it worse than it normally seems
Social Factors - Specific Environmental Triggers
Stimuli in someones environment that elicits an extreme stress response
Social Factor - Stigma
Feeling of shame or disgrace when seeking help
Biological intervention - GABA agonist
a type of drug that imitates neurotransmitters and works to imitate a neural response
Biological Intervention - Benzodiazpenes
anti anxiety drugs that lower the activity in the CNS. They are taken in small doses as they are addictive and makes you more drowsy
Biological Intervention - Breathing Retaining
slow breathing technique that manages the effects of hyperventilation. It calms the NS and lowers anxiety
Psychological intervention - Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Changes negative thoughts to positive behaviour, it uses a combination of verbal and behavioural techniques to help change irrational patterns of thinking.
Psychological Intervention - Systematic Desenisitiation
First teach relaxation techniques then if that fails they expose an individual to a fear heiarchy with slowly exposing higher levels of fear
Social Intervention - Psychoeducation
Challenging unrealistic thoughts and behaviours. Also discourages avoidance behaviours
