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Mental Health Flashcards

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What are the six different walls of a health Cube?

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Spiritual, Mental, Physical, Social, you, God

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What does SMART goals stand for?

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Specific, measurable, achieveable, relevant, time

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Characteristic of GOOD mental health

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  • generally positive attitude towards self/life
  • able to meet the demands of life
  • express emotions in a healthy way
  • can change manage stress, Life, Changes in health ways
  • good listener
  • can be around/work with others
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Characteristic of BAD mental health

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  • hides feelings/emotions
  • emotions dictate decisions
  • is generally negative ignores/denies problems
  • close-minded
  • doesn’t work well with teams/groups
  • can’t deal with conflict or change
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What is a mental disorder?

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patterns of thinking or behavior that cause a person significant emotional pain or prevents normal functioning

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What are general causes of mental disorders?

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  • inherited traits
  • negative life experiences (traumatic)
  • environmental exposure before birth
    a. viruses, toxins, alcohol/drugs
  • brain chemistry
    a. hormonal imbalances
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Anxiety Disorders

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  • refers to feelings of apprehension, dread, or uneasiness
  • can be about no particular thing
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OCD meaning

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

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OCD

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  • preoccupying with certain stressing thoughts and uncontrollable need to perform certain acts (compulsions)
  • compulsions help control or block out anxiety (Checkers or cleaners)
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Social Anxiety

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  • fear of everyday normal interactions with others due to the fear of judgment, embarrassment, and the unknown
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Phobias

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  • an extreme or irrational fear of an object or situation
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PTSD meaning

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Post-traumatic stress disorder

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PTSD

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  • a long-term struggle to recover from a traumatic event
    Trauma: a deeply distressing, disturbing, or painful experience (Common examples: natural disaster, victim, witness of violence)
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Signs of PTSD

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  • intrusive thoughts, nightmares, etc…
  • avoidance of thoughts, conversations, etc…
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Treatments of PTSD

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  • Therapy: Various kinds
  • coping strategies: to help face, processes, and move on from trauma, exposure
  • medication
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Schizophrenia

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  • (untreated PTSD)
  • marked by delusion, hallucinations, apathy, thinking, abnormalities, and a split between thought and emotions
  • 24 million people worldwide, 0.32%
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Multiple Personality Disorder also known as

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Dissociative Identity Disorder

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Multiple Personality Disorder

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  • two or more separate identities or personality traits
  • ability to control individuals’ behavior and thinking
  • create alters to distance themselves from Pain and Trauma
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ADHD meaning

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Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

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ADHD

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  • combination of problems such as difficulty sustaining attention, hyperactivity, and impulsive behavior
  • often diagnosed before the age of seven
  • chronic interferences in multiple things (home, school, sports, etc…)
  • most often treated with medication and/or therapy
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Addiction

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  • a physical or psychological need often for a drug
  • this need can lead to bodily harm social, financial hardship, dependence on substances, habits, or behavior
    Note: many addictions are inherently wrong, but some addictions are things that are “okay” until they become addictions
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Anorexia Nervosa

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  • a disorder in which the fear or hatred of obesity induces self-inflicted starvation
  • distorted body image (body dysmorphia)
  • can be developed by underweight or overweight people
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Anorexia Nervosa Warning Signs

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  • dramatic weight loss
  • exercise/health Obsession
  • frequent comments about size, Image, Weight
  • isolation/food avoidance
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Anorexia Nervosa Health Risks

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  • depleted energy, muscle loss
  • dry skin and hair loss
  • slow heart rate/blood pressure
  • amenorrhea (missing menstrual cycle)
  • cold intolerance
  • heart failure (death)
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Bulimia Nervosa

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a disorder in which some form of purging or clearing of the digestive tract follow cycles of overeating

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Bulimia Nervosa Warning Signs

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  • abnormal diet/exercise habits or changes
  • use of laxatives or diet pills
  • uncontrollable binging (excessive eating at one time)
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Bulimia Nervosa Health Risks

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  • stomach rupture
  • tooth decay/erosion
  • dehydration
  • irregular bowel movements
  • chronic sore spots
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Depression

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  • primarily involving negative emotions and mood
  • hopelessness and/or disinterest
  • often needs medical attention
  • symptoms persist two plus weeks
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Depression Symptoms

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  • isolation
  • dropping grades
  • poor eating/sleeping habits
  • large weight change
  • unresolved grief/denial of loss
    -substance use
  • loss of Interest, energy, attention
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Seasonal Affective Disorder

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depression that only occurs during the fall and winter months

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Bipolar Disorder/Manic Depression

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  • severe mood swings
  • increased energy
  • disregard of risk
  • over-inflated self-esteem
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Suicide

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  • untreated depression
  • 5K young people per year just in the US (13 to 14 per day)
  • approximately 100 to 200 attempts for every completed suicide
  • 90% of suicide victims suffer from a mental disorder
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Suicide Warning Signs

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  • giving away prized possessions
  • depression
  • threats to hurt oneself
  • preoccupation with death
  • 9 out of 10 adolescents give Clues to others before the suicide attempt
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Self Harm

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  • the act of attempting to alter a mood state by inflicting physical harm
  • temporarily relieves or creates intense feelings
  • pressure or anxiety
  • being a means to control pain and or relieve anger
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Suicide what to look for

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cutting, bruising, hitting, scratching, etc…

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Suicide signs

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  • damage to skin
  • continual covering up skin
  • odd items in odd settings
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You are part of the Problem if you:

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  • attempt to punish, threaten, bribe, or preach
  • make excuses or taking responsibility for their behavior
  • keep the problem to yourself and choose not to tell someone
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You are part of the Solution if you:

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  • talk to the person being calm and factual
  • be a friend physically and verbally, pray for them (James 5:16)
  • encourage them to seek help
  • not cover up or avoid the situation, ask hard questions
  • tell trusted adult
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How can anyone help (generally)

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  • reduce stigma (associating shame)
  • understand that struggling with mental health is a common problem and people should seek help to deal with it
  • not saying/acting like…
    “haha kill yourself”
    “OMG Billy Bob is Seeking a therapist! Wow he must be suicidal!”
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Can you recover?

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  • mental disorders are treatable
  • one or more may be helpful:
    a. Physicians
    b. therapist/counselors
    c. dietitians
    d. medications
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Prevention Strategies

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  • share your feelings and emotions with someone you trust
  • have a proper view of self and God
  • manage stress with stress management skills
  • know the signs and symptoms
  • seek help
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Materialist Definition

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someone who believes the physical world is all that exists

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The christian’s general approach to mental health

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a healthy mind can and should be found in Jesus Christ
Matthew 11:28-30

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Jesus offers…

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  • rest for the soul
  • care and kindness
  • a lighter load
    (like oxen latch together Jesus will help carry our burdens)
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Jesus does not say…

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“I will take away all your problems and they will cease to exist,” BUT we can go to Jesus with stress, fear, anxiety, sin, guilt, addiction, trouble, tiredness, and be comforted knowing that he has not and will not abandon you

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Materialist view

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“no thanks” to Jesus offers to carry the burden.
Jesus will not force anyone his yoke against their will
- will find other natural alternatives to deal with mental health issues

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Natural Alternatives for a Materialist

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remember: these are not bad things, and can help! But as Christians we believe they fall short and cannot ultimately cure us

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Who said, “if I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world.”

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C.S. Lewis

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Ultimately the… ? …must continue searching to find something “that works”

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Materialist

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the… ? ..final answer is written in Christ’s character and work on the cross and the Christian can’t accept that

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Christian’s

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the believer in the unbeliever can and should use similar methods, but their approach to mental health is ultimately different due to their…

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worldviews

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