introduction to mental health and mental illness

Question 1

mental health

Answer 1

successful adaptation to stressors from the internal or external environment - evidenced by thoughts, feelings, & behaviors that are age appropriate & congruent with norms

Question 2

mental illness

Answer 2

maladaptive responses to stressors from the internal or external environment - evidenced by thoughts, feelings, & behaviors that are incongruent with norms & interfere with social, occupational, & physical functioning

Question 3

Maslow’s

Answer 3

physiological - physical needs
safety
love/belonging - friends
esteem - respect status
self actualization - highest potential

Question 4

self actualization

Answer 4

psychologically healthy

Question 5

incomprehensibility

Answer 5

inability of the general population to understand motivation behind behavior

Question 6

cultural relativity

Answer 6

“normality” of behavior is determined by culture

Question 7

parasympathetic nervous system

Answer 7

“rest & digest”
dominant in relaxed situations

Question 8

sympathetic nervous system

Answer 8

“fight or flight”
dominant in stressful situations

Question 9

“fight or flight syndrome”
general adaptation syndrome

Answer 9

1. alarm
2. stage of resistance
3. stage of exhaustion

Question 10

1. alarm

Answer 10

initiation of fight or flight response

Question 11

2. stage of resistance

Answer 11

physiological responses attempts to help individual adapt to stressor

Question 12

3. stage of exhaustion

Answer 12

occurs with prolonged exposure, inability to adapt
-death/disease may occur

Question 13

adrenal medulla

Answer 13

short term stress response
-secretes epinephrine & norepinephrine

Question 14

adrenal cortex

Answer 14

long term stress response
-secretes steroid hormones

Question 15

psychological response to stress

Answer 15

anxiety
grief

Question 16

anxiety

Answer 16

feeling of discomfort & apprehension related to fear of impending danger

Question 17

grief

Answer 17

subjective feeling of sorrow & sadness accompanied by emotional, physical, & social responses to the loss of a loved person or thing

Question 18

mild anxiety

Answer 18

-improves ability to think/perform
-sharpens senses
-can function at optimal level

Question 19

moderate anxiety

Answer 19

-increased anxiety, decreased perceptual field
-decreased thinking
-restlessness, muscle tension

Question 20

severe anxiety

Answer 20

-interferes negatively
-unable to complete simple tasks
-headaches, palpitations, insomnia
-dread, horror, confusion
-focuses on relieving feelings

Question 21

panic anxiety

Answer 21

-most intense
-unable to focus/function
-hallucinations & delusions
-feelings of terror
-physically & mentally exhausted

Question 22

coping skills

Answer 22

behaviors that enhance adaptation

Question 23

neurosis

Answer 23

psychiatric disturbance with excessive anxiety