Lecture 1 Flashcards
CHIME
Connectedness Hope and optimism Identity Meaning Empowerment
When is a person mentally healthy?
- meet their basic needs
- assumes responsibility for behaviour and self growth
- have learned to integrate thoughts, feelings (emotions), and actions (behaviours)
- can resolve conflicts successfully
- maintain relationships
- communicate directly with others
- respect others
MHCC mental health definition
“a state of well being in which the individual realizes his/her own potential, can cope with normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to their community”
APA definition of mental disorders
- a clinically significant behaviour in an individual that results in distress or disability with increased risk for suffering, death, pain or loss of freedome
- not an expected response to a loss such as death of a loved one
4 categories of the mental health continuum model
healthy
reacting
injured
ill
minimal mental health definition
“individual, group, and environmental factors (that) conflict, producing subjective distress; impairment or underdevelopment of mental abilities; failure to achieve goals; destructive behaviours”
MH determinants: individual attributes adverse factors
- low self esteem
- cognitive/emotional immaturity
- medical illness/substance abuse
- loneliness, bereavement
MH determinants: social circumstances adverse factors
- neglect, family conflict
- exposure to violence/abuse
- low income and poverty
- difficulties or failure at school
- work stress, unemployment
MH determinants: environmental factors adverse factors
poor access to basic services
injustice or discrimination
social and gender inequalities
exposure to war or disaster
MH determinants: individual attributes protective factors
- self esteem, confidence
- ability to solve problems and manage stress or adversity
- communication skills
- physical health and fitness
MH determinants: social circumstances protective factors
- social support or family and friends
- good parenting/family interaction
- physical security and safety
- economic security
- scholastic achievements
- satisfaction and success at work
MH determinants: environmental factors protective factors
- equality of access to basic services
- social justice, tolerance, integration
- social and gender equality
- physical safety and security
primitive society
shaman - attends to psychological and spiritual needs of a community
medieval (middle ages)
5th to 15th C
early civilization
severe mental illness came to be understood as resulting from a disordered physiological condition
early civilization - major faith traditions
Christian
Judaism
Islam
Hinduism and Buddhism