Mental Health & Illness Flashcards
“A state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community.” (WHO)
Mental Health
Effective functioning in daily activities
Mental Health
Successful performance of mental function
Mental Health
A state of well-being
Mental Health
The results of Mental Health are:
- Providing activities
- Fulfilling relationships
- Ability to cope with life’s challenges
States that Mental health is a continuum
ranging from being mentally healthy to having mental illness
Mental Health Continuum Model
Characteristics of a Mentally Healthy Person:
- Good self-esteem
- Purpose for living
- Optimistic
- Comfortable being alone
- Creative
- Realistic
- Accepting
- Autonomous
- Authentic
- Capable of intimacy
A diagnosable illness that affects a person’s thinking, emotional state, and behavior, and disrupts a person’s ability to work, and carry out other daily activities and engage in satisfying personal relationships.
Mental Illness
TRUE OR FALSE
Some mental illness are common, some are not.
TRUE
May cause severe disability.
Mental Illness
Mental Distress vs. Mental Disorder
Common
Distress
Mental Distress vs. Mental Disorder
Caused by a problem or event
Distress
Mental Distress vs. Mental Disorder
Usually not sever (may be severe)
Distress
Mental Distress vs. Mental Disorder
Usually short lasting
Distress
Mental Distress vs. Mental Disorder
Professional help not usually needed but can be useful
Distress
Mental Distress vs. Mental Disorder
DIAGNOSIS NOT NEEDED
Distress
Mental Distress vs. Mental Disorder
Less common
Disorder
Mental Distress vs. Mental Disorder
Often with high severity
Disorder
Mental Distress vs. Mental Disorder
Usually long lasting
Disorder
Mental Distress vs. Mental Disorder
Professional help usually needed
Disorder
Mental Distress vs. Mental Disorder
NEEDS TO BE DIAGNOSED
Disorder
The Biopsychosocial Model of Health and Illness was developed by:
George Engel
The \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ represented an attempt to integrate the psychological (the ‘psycho’) and the environment (the ‘social’) into the traditional biomedical (the ‘bio’) model of health.
biopsychosocial model
The brain is made up of: cells, connection amongst the cells, and various neurochemicals (“________________”)
neurotransmitters
The ____________ provide a means for the different parts of the brain to communicate
neurochemicals
Most things a brain does depends on many different parts of the brain working together in a ________.
network
Different parts of the _________ are primarily responsible for doing different things (e.g. thinking, feelings, movement)
brain
What happens inside the brain when it gets sick?
(1) A specific part of the brain that needs to be working on a _____________ is not working well
(2) A specific part of the brain that needs to be working on a specific task is working in the ___________.
(3) The neurochemical __________ that help different parts of the brain communicate are not working properly.
(1) specific task
(2) wrong way
(3) messengers
The psycho aspects of health and illness were described in terms of _________, ___________, and ___________.
cognitions, emotions & behaviors
The Cognitive-Behavior Model was developed by:
Aaron Beck
_________________: Blowing things out of proportion (catastrophizing), or inappropriately shrinking something to make it seem less important
Magnification (catastrophizing) & minimization
_______________ : Assuming that because we feel a certain way what we think must be true
I feel embarrassed so I must be an idiot
Emotional reasoning
__________________: There are two key types of jumping to conclusions:
__________ – imagining we know what others are thinking
___________ – predicting the future
Jumping to conclusions
Mind reading
Fortune telling
_______________: Discounting the good things that have happened or that you have done for some reason or another
That doesn’t count
Disqualifying the positive
_______________ : Seeing a pattern based upon a single event, or being overly broad in the conclusions we draw
Everything is always rubbish
Nothing good ever happens
Over-generalizing
___________ : Only paying attention to certain types of evidence
Noticing our failures but not seeing our successes.
Mental filter
______________: distorted/ irrational thoughts leading to maladaptive behaviors.
Cognitive Distortions
__________________: the social aspects of the health were described in terms of
The Social Aspect of Mental Health
Social class
The Social Aspect of Mental Health
