Introduction to Mental Health: Exam 1 Flashcards
What is Mental Health?
Mental Health cannot simply be reduced to feeling happy or having a positive attitude. “People in good mental health are often sad, unwell, angry, or unhappy, and this is part of a fully lived life for a human being.” (Galderisi et al., 2015, p. 231)
______ ______ is a dynamic state of internal ____________ which enables individuals to use their abilities in harmony with universal values of society.
Mental Health
Equilibrium
Basic ____________ and ___________ skills; ability to recognize, express and modulate one’s own ______________, as well as ____________ with others; ___________ and ability to cope with adverse life events and functions in social roles; and harmonious relationship between body and mind represent important components of mental health which contribute, to varying degrees, to the state of internal equilibrium. (Galderisi et. al., 2015, pp. 231-232)
Cognitive
Social
Emotions
Empathize
Flexibility
The ___________ defines a mental disorder as a “syndrome characterized by clinically significant disturbance in an individuals cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior that reflects a dysfunction in the psychological, biological, or developmental processes underlying mental functioning.
DSM-5
Mental disorders are usually associated with significant distress in social, _____________, or other important activities. An expectable or culturally approved response to a common _______ or loss, such as the death of a loved one, is not a mental disorder.
Occupational
Stressor
Thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that are relatively rare.note: this is NOT the most important criterion.
Deviance
Thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that are upsetting to the person. In other words, they would like it to go away.
Distress
Thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that disrupt the person’s daily life. They interfere with work, personal relations, etc.
Disfunction
Thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that create a significant safety risk.
Dangerous
What are the 4 D’s of understanding mental disorders?
- Deviance
- Distress
- Disfunction
- Dangerous
Not all mental disorders are personally distressing to a client. Some clients do not have good _________ into their illness and may empathically deny it.
Insight
Viewed from this angle, psychiatric diagnoses are not labels we use to “________” people we disapprove of. Instead, psychiatric diagnoses are ______ we use to help identify people who need assistance and relief.
Punish
Tools
Mental disorders are COMMON. Approximately _____ % of U.S. adults live with a mental illness. Even though mental illness is quite common, there’s often a _______ attached to it. For example, most people are not shy about mentioning their high blood pressure. But are they as open about a mental illness? Probably not.
20
Stigma
It’s important to understand that mental health is on a continuum. For example, everyone will experience depressive symptoms at various times. The difference is that clients who have a mental illness get “_________” and have difficulty retuning to normal. Thus, mental illness is not an ___ or _______ condition; people who have mental illness are not fundamentally different from those who do not.
Stuck
All
Nothing
Remember that life is filled with tragedies. None of us know what trials and mental struggles await us in the future. Throughout this course, we will seek to ___________ and _____________ towards everyone.
Be Kind
Compassionate
