MENTAL HEALTH Flashcards
State of well-being in which every individual realizes potential, can cope with normal stresses, can work productively, and is able to make contribution
MENTAL HEALTH
Factors Affecting Mental Health
Early Deprivation or Trauma
Inadequate Parenting
Inadequate and Irrational Communication in the Family
Mental pathology that underlies the symptomatology of psychiatric diseases
ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
Belief that psychiatric diseases happens because of divine interventions, religious rituals, demons and witches
SUPERNATURAL
Term Paracelsus used to describe someone with a psychiatric disease because he believes that the moon and stars caused such behaviors
LUNATIC
He believed that Psychological disorders can be treated like other diseases
HIPPOCRATES
It says that Psychological disorders are caused by the imbalance in the 4 humors of the body (blood, black bile, yellow bile, phlegm)
GALEN’S 4 HUMORS
He believes that Psychological disorders are maladaptive behaviors (adapted by learning from the environment)
PLATO
He believes that Psychological disorders are caused by an undetectable fluid or animal magnetism
ANTON MESMER
behaviors that are socially acceptable to the standards of society
NORMAL BEHAVIOR
A criteria of abnormality that states that a behavior is either normal or abnormal based on the cultural norms of a society
CULTURAL RELATIVISM
A criteria for abnormality that states that a behavior is abnormal if it deviates from the normal that culture dictates
UNUSUALNESS
A criteria for abnormality that states that an individual suffers distress from the behavior and wish to get rid of it
DISTRESS
A criteria for abnormality that states that a behavior is abnormal if it is part (sign/symptom) of a mental illness
MENTAL ILLNESS
4 D’s of Abnormality
Dysfunction
Distress
Deviance
Dangerousness