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mental health 2 points

  • e s
  • str
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  • a state of emotional and social wellbeing

- in which individuals can cope with the normal stresses of life

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areas where mental health cover

sesp

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  • social and emotional wellbeing
  • environmental quality
  • self management skills
  • physical health
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high levels of functioning

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independance ,goals and development

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social wellbeing

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connected reciporcated valued desired

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emotional wellbeing

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balanced, normal range, strategies

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resilience

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the capacity to recover quickly from set backs

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how to look after physical heatlh

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diet sleep and excerise

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being social

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investing time in connections and give to others

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do something you enjoy

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hobbies creative learning

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down time

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time for self

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take notice

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take action

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mental illness

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is a mental disorder that affects one or more functions of the mind

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what can mental illness do

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interfere with a person’s thoughts, emotions preceptions and behaviours

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mood disorders

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depression, bipolar

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anxiety disorders

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ocd phobis ptsd

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mental health continuum

h r i i

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healthy-normal fuctioning
reacting-common and reversible distress
injured- presistent fuctional impairment
Ill- clinical disorder

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stigma

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a sign of disgrace that sets someone apart from on another

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placebo

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fake or false treatment

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placebo effect

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a change in participant behaviour due to expectation regarding the treatment they are recieving

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experimenter effect

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a change in participants behaviour due to experimenter’s treatment or influence

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single blind vs double blind

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participants being unaware vs experiementer and participants being unaware which gorup is control or experimental

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role of experimenter

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no psychological or physical harm

-must be worthwhile

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rights of the participant vcddiw

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-voluntary participations
-informed consent
-deception
confidentiality
debriefing
withdrawal rights

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Ethics

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Rules and guidelines that govern research

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3 factors that contribute to mental health

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psychological social biological

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risk factors

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factors that may contribute to an individuals mental health problems

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predisposing factors

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factors that increase vulnerability to developing mental health problems

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precipitating factors

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factors that trigger the onset or exacerbation of mental health problems

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perpetuating factors

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factors that inhibit recovery from mental problems

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protective factors

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factors that prevent occurrence or reoccurence of mental health problems

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types of predisposing factors

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genetica hormones temperament poverty

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types of precipitating factors

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environmental trigger
significant life event
trauma accident injury

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types of prepetuating factors

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poor health
stigma
lack of social support and resources

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types of protective factors

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good health
hormonal balance
resilience
social support

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genetic vulnerability to mental illness

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A biological predisposition to develop a certain disorder or disease.

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genetic vulnerability in schizophrenia

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Biological relatives of people with schizophrenia have a 10% risk of developing the disorder, as compared with 1% in the general population.

The identical twin of a person with schizophrenia has a 40%-50%
risk.

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genetic vulnerability in depression

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Biological relatives are 1.5 to 3 times more likely to suffer depression.

Identical twins raised apart will both suffer depression about 67% of the time.

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Pharmacogenetics

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the study of genetic differences in drug metabolic pathways

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Rumination

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Rumination is when people over think or obsess about situations or life events.

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impaired reasoning and memory schizophrenia

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Sufferers of schizophrenia have been found to have difficulty with probabilistic reasoning (judgements about something happening or being true).

• Sufferers of schizophrenia have also been found to have impaired memory ability(episodic with the greatest impairment).

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stress can be

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Chronic or acute

cognitive emotional physical behaviour

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poor self efficacy

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• Self efficacy is the belief in
our own ability to succeed
and overcome.

• People with poor self
efficacy are less likely to
seek help.

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social risk factor: disorganised attachment

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• A child needs a secure base of attachment.

Disorganised attachment=
avoidant personality

As adults they can struggle
with relationships,trust and
seeking help from others.

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mary anisworth and attachment theory

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strange situation
caregiver present
caregiver leaves
caregiver returns

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Social risk factor: Loss of

significant relationship

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Social connections are one of our greatest protective factors.
• The loss of these networks can be devastating.
• Grief and bereavement disorders

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Social risk factor: Stigma

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7/10 students struggle to believe their peers suffer from mental health conditions

Stigma is a mark of disgrace or disgust that sets someone apart from others.

Stigma as a barrier to accessing treatment

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Cumulative risk

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•.A combination of multiple risk factors at the one time.

The accumulation of risk factors makes mental illness more likely.

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stress def

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A psychological or physiological state of tension and arousal

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anxiety

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State of physiological arousal associated with feelings of worry or uneasiness

that something is wrong or that something unpleasant is about to happen

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severe anxiety

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is usually accompanied by intense physiological responses.

breathlessness, sweating, dizzness, feeling of losing

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anxiety disorders

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are a group of disorders

- chronic feelings of extreme apprehension, fear,stress and unease.

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phobia is a type of

3 key words pii

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type of anxiety disorder

-presistent, irrational and intense

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specific phobia

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Exposure to the phobic stimulus triggers an involuntary stress anxiety
response similar to a stress response

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biological contributing factor to phobia

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dysfuctional gaba system, role of stress response long term potentiation

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biological contributing factor to phobia effects

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emotional memory long term effects

stress can supress neurogensis

inhibitory neurotransmitter low levels leds to high levels to anxiety

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gaba

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gamma amino butyric acid
-inhibitory role, makes post synpatic neuron less likely to fire

-regulates anxiety, arousal and sleep

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psychological factors of phobia

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phobias can be maintain through classical conditioning

  • operant conditioning maintains the phobia
  • avoidance is a negative reinforcer and exposure is punishment strengthening the response
  • cognitive bais: is a tendency to think in a way that involves errors of judgement and faults decision-making
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cognitive bias. a m i

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attentional bias: tendency to selectively attend phobia related stimuli

memory bias: a better recollection of phobic events and information, remember more negative

interpretative bias: tendency to interpret non threatening stimuli as threatening

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social contributing factors

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specfic environmental triggers

stigma

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treating phobias using gaba - biological

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Anti-anxiety drugs that mimic the effect of GABA can be used to manage
simple phobic anxiety.

benozo-dia-zepine

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relaxtion technique : breathing training - biological

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Breathing training-replacing incorrect breathing techniques with correct ones.

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relaxtion technique : excersise - biological

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• Produces positive chemicals(i.e. endorphins)

Uses negative chemicals produced in a stress response(ie adrenalin

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cognitive behaviour therapy - psychological

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• Uses a combination of verbal and behaviour modification techniques to help people change irrational patterns of
thinking that create a phobia.

thoughts feelings and behaviour`

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systematic desensitisation - psychological

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• A graded experience where a sufferer is gradually exposed to phobic stimulus while using relaxation techniques

classical conditioning

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gradual exposure

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stages of removing fear from stimuli

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Psychoeducation -social factor to treating phobia

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  • Challenging unrealistic thoughts(i.e. irrational fear)

* Discouraging avoidance behaviours which can act as a negative reinforcer and strengthen the phobic behaviour

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challenging cognitive bias

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attentional
memory
interpretative

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resilience bps

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Biological: Diet and sleep

Psychological:Cognitive behavioural strategies

Social: Support from family,friends and the community

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Transtheoretical model of behaviour

change

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assesses an individuals readiness to change

different stages an individual may go
through as they move towards healthier behaviour

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5 stages of transtheorectical model of behaviour change pcpam

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precontemplation- no intention
contemplation-intends to take action
preparation-takes some behaviour steps
action - changes overt behaviour
mantainece- more than 6 months overt behaviour

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