Mental health Flashcards
suicide risk factor
- previous suicide attempt
- history of depression and mental ilness
- chronic pain
-substance use - bullying
- social isolation
- lack of access to healthcare
- discrimination
- stigma associated with help-seeking and mental illness
An athletes cognitive appraisal (views situation), emotional (how they feel about injury) and behavioural (how they react to the injury situation) is influenced by
Personal (injury characteristics, personality)
Situational factors (sport, social and environmental factors, social support and sports med team)
what helps to contribute a great deal in treating patients with pain
The psychosocial component of the Gate Control Theory
In the intermittent stage (2-4 months), a person typically experiences more
psychosocial behavioural distress, such as anger, somatization, and learned helplessness
what is somatization
the production of recurrent and multiple medical symptoms with no organic cause (throwing up due to anxiety, headache due to stress, feeling physically weak after a trauma typically temporary but can be issues if prolonged and cause severe distress
Chronic pain typically lasts at least
least 6 months past the injury, which surpasses the time for which general MSK disorders heal sufficiently.
what are the persisten symptom emotinal reaction
alteration of appetite
sleep disturbance
irritability
what are some worsening symptom emotinal symptom
- alteration of appetite, leading to disordered
- sadness leading to depression
- lack of motivation leading to apathy
- disengagement leading to alienation
what are some excessive symptom of emotional reaction
- vernal and non-verbal behavior that indicate the individual experience high level of pain
- excessive anger or rage
- frequent crying or emotinal outburst
- substance abuse
High level of evidence to support “functional restoration
mobility and function
Improve psychological conditions such as depression/anxiety, decrease self reported pain, and improvement in various important socioeconomic outcome measures (return to work, and resolution of medical issues)
Strong evidence to support intensive multidisciplinary biopsychosocial restoration
pharmacotherapy, psychiatrist/psychologist, AT/PT, occupational therapist etc.
Teach patients stress management techniques and coping skills necessary to deal with the complexities of life
what is cognitive behavioural therapy + 3 aspects
- involve effort to change thinking pattern
- automatic thought
- cognitive distortion
-underlying belief
exemple of CBT
relaxation
journaling
mindfulness
exposure
negative thought stopping
imagery
goal setting
problem solving
how can you stop negative thought
-spending 10min a day breathing in sequence 6-3-9
- visualize positive situation
- visualize image of thought shrinking
- change your pattern of negative thinking by adding new routine to your thought process
- when the negative thought comes up say not true