Mental Heath Promotion

Question 1

Mental health works at 3 Levels:

Answer 1

Strengthening Individuals
Strengthening Communities
Reducing Barriers to MH

Question 2

Ways to strengthen individuals? (Promotion of 3)

Answer 2

Self-Esteem
Life Skills
Coping Skills

Question 3

How do we strengthen communities?

Answer 3

Through SOCIAL INCLUSION & PARTICIPATION

Improving Neighbourhoods

Question 4

Strengthening communities also includes developing health& social services to support..(4)

Answer 4

Mental health
Workplace health
Community safety
Self-help networks

Question 5

How do we reduce barriers to MH?

Answer 5

Initiatives to reduce discrimination & inequalities

Question 6

Including initiatives to promote aces to..(5)

Answer 6

Education
Meaningful employment
Housing Services
Support for vulnerable

Question 7

Stressors impacting mental health include:

FR CH EG

Answer 7

Financial Problems
Relocation to PCH
Changes and Losses
Health Changes
Ethnicity
Gender

Question 8

Gender 3 factors…

Answer 8

Longevity
Living Arrangements
Finances

Question 9

Ethnicity 1 factor…

Answer 9

Minority populations

-Fewer social supports, discrimination, less access to health services that fit culturally

Question 10

Changes & Losses 3 factors…

Answer 10

Loss of identity
Loss of self-esteem
Loss of friends

Question 11

Health Changes 3 factors…

Answer 11

Dementia
Depression
Chronic Illness

Question 12

Financial Problems more often in..

Answer 12

Women & minorities

-income = +depression

Question 13

Relocation 3 factors…(losses)

Answer 13

Loss of Control
Loss of Choice
Loss of Independence

Question 14

A melancholia towards life, how a person feels ‘not well’. Persistent.

Answer 14

Dysphoria

Question 15

Difference between illness & disease?

Answer 15

Illness- perception of how one feels
Disease- abnormality of structure/function in
organs/systems

Question 16

2 Types of ‘Crises’ faced by this generation?

Answer 16

Maturational

Situational

Question 17

A crisis RT to aging…

Answer 17

Maturational

Question 18

Maturational crises include..

Answer 18

Dx of dementia

Physical disability

Question 19

Crisis RT external event

Answer 19

Situational

Question 20

Situational crises include…

Answer 20

Loss of job, spouse, house

Said the mouse.

Question 21

5 Steps of Crisis Intervention!

SAAPP

Answer 21

Safety
Allow to vent
Assist to examine circumstances
Plan for future events
Provide education, intervention, support

Question 22

Non-traditional psychosocial therapies include?

Answer 22

Plants, Pets, Dance, Movement, Music, Art and BABIES!!!!

Question 23

In choosing complementary and alternative therapies Franny say:

Answer 23

Be creative!!! Especially when working with seniors.

Question 24

Successful aging implies that individuals…

Answer 24

– Satisfied/content w/ life
– Have found ways to max +s and min.
potential/inevitable
age-related changes/loses

Question 25

What approach to use for seniors? This is reflected in what?

Answer 25

Strengths-based approach

Language

Question 26

What is not appropriate?

Answer 26

Naive + exuberant

Question 27

Dysphoria

Answer 27

A disorder of affect characterized by distress and depression (text)