Mental Wellbeing as a Continuum

Question 1

Mental Wellbeing as a Continuum

Answer 1

sometimes psychologists prefer arrowheads at the end, to convey that there are no end points of the continuum.

Question 2

Some advantages of representing mental wellbeing as a continuum include:

Answer 2

• captures how our mental wellbeing fluctuates over time.
• allows for early signs of mental health problems to be identified
• reduce stigma linked to mental wellbeing as everyone can be placed on the continuum.

Question 3

high level of mental wellbeing

Answer 3

characteristics: function independently, cope with everyday demands without distress, still may expeirence stress but has high leevls of wellbeing due to ability to cope

Question 4

middle of the contimuun (neither low or high)

Answer 4

charactersitics:

experience temp impact on mental welbeing, amplified emotions and high lvels of stress, diff concentrating

Question 5

low levels of menta wellbeing

Answer 5

characteristics: high levels of stress, unable to independitly complete tasks, impacted fo an extended period of time, may diagnosed by mentl health proff

Question 6

stress is a

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“psychological and physiological response produced by internal or external stressors

Question 7

stress and anxiety

Answer 7

when we experience stress and anxiety, we have a similar physiological response.

Question 8

anxiety

Answer 8

a state of arousal involving feelings of uneasiness that something is wrong

Question 9

Therefore,

Answer 9

whilst stress is usually in response to a known cause, anxiety is usually future-focus, whereby we worry about a potential threat, danger or other event events.

Question 10

anxiety disorders

Answer 10

if anxiety is prolonged and excessive to the extent interferes with daily functioning

Question 11

phobias

Answer 11

persistent and irrational fear of a particular object, activity or situation, which is consequently endured with marked distress

Question 12

specific Phobia,

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is an anxiety disorder characterised by marked and persistent fear or anxiety about a specific object, activity or situation”