Module #3 Flashcards
What is mental health?
Releasing the past and learning from mistakes, realistically looking as situations around you and making good decisions, and having a positive outlook for the future
What are the only things that you can control?
Your attitude, the thoughts you admit into your mind and dwell on, and that action you will take
What are some ways we can tell people are thinking or have consciousness?
By measuring brain waves on an EEG and by observing problem-solving, language, or creativity
What is an extra measure of function that gives a person resiliency under _______?
Brain reserve; stress
What nutrients does your brain need?
Omega-3 fatty acids, essential amino acids, vitamins, and minerals.
Your brain needs steady __________ _________ levels.
Blood glucose
____ food should be avoided, but don’t ______ a meal
Junk; skip
What things keep your brain functioning well?
Sleep, water, and appropriate exercise
Prevent brain injury by wearing a protective _________ in activities with a risk of head injury and wear a ____ ____ when you travel in a car
Helmet; seat belt
What is God the beginning or source of?
Wisdom when you make decisions
What is the hallmark of mental health and maturity?
Making good decisions
What do decisions always involve?
Risks
What are two decision-making mistakes about the future?
When we allow fear or worry to make the decision and we delay doing a good work
What are some necessities in decision making?
Taking enough time, thinking deeply enough, and not wasting the present moment.
One way to make a decision is to list the ____ and ___ of each option you have
Pros; cons
Cons are not a problem if you can answer yes to the question…
“Can I live with that?”
What is it impossible to do?
Multitask because your brain cannot think deeply about more than one thing at a time
What type of information has had the unintended consequence of people thinking ____ deeply?
Digital information; less
What is the length of time a person can keep concentrating on one idea?
Attention span
What is the thing that breaks attention?
Distractions
A disability of attention is usually referred to by the initials ___ or ____
ADD; ADHD
ADD or ADHD may be confused with what?
Childish behavior
What 3 signs in a child point to possible autism?
(1) Delay in spoken language
(2) Will not make eye contact
(3) Will not return a smile
What is decompensation?
The emotional release that occurs when stress becomes too much for a person to endure
What is mental illness?
A medical condition in which the person loses the ability to care for himself
What is mental illness NOT?
Sloppy thinking
Major depression
Depression
Dark, difficult state of mind that can lead to thoughts of taking one’s own life
Dysthymia
Depression
Less intense but longer-lasting depression. Loss of interest in daily life. Critical, complaining, and gloomy
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
Depression
Depression every winter due to lack of sunlight. It is helped with the increase of serotonin
What are anxiety disorders?
Feelings of terror a person has in situations that most people would not sense as threatening
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Anxiety disorder
Endlessly concerned about their obsessions and must perform rituals to find relief
Panic disorder
Anxiety disorder
Unexplainable terrified response to a normal situation; panic attack
Past-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Anxiety disorder
Persistent reliving of past trauma with all attached emotions.
What is a phobia?
A debilitating fear of objects or situations that normally would not produce fear
What is agoraphobia?
Fear of marketplace
What is bipolar disorder?
Illness characterized by cycles of an intense high (mania) followed by a debilitating low (depression)
Why to people with bipolar disorder have trouble staying on their medications?
Because during times of mania, they feel so good that they resist taking medications
Why do people with borderline personality disorder have so few friends?
They have impulsive and unpredictable moods and behaviors that damage relationships
What do self-harm behaviors express? Is this a normal thought, or does it need treatment?
Self-loathing and intense feelings of self-disapproval
It is not normal and should be treated by a mental health professional
What is schizophrenia?
It is a breakdown of normal thoughts. People with schizophrenia often have delusions (ideas that are not true) and/or hallucinations (believes he sees or hears things that aren’t there)
What are 4 signs in an older person that possible point to dementia?
(1) Loss of memory
(2) Loss of attention
(3) Loss of language
(4) Loss of problem-solving
What do people with anosognosia believe?
That they are not mentally ill. It is the primary reasons those with with mental illness don’t get better
Why is anosognosia such a problem for individuals with mental illness and their families
Many accuse their family members of betrayal; they think their family is lying to them about being mentally ill
What is emotional health?
The state of being aware of how you feel and expressing it appropriately.
What are emotions and what do they help you evaluate?
Emotions are sensitivities. They help you evaluate experiences
What cannot be trust to make decisions?
Emotions
The Wheel of Emotions places more intense emotion where?
In the center of the diagram
It is wrong to ______________ with strong emotions
Manipulate
How will relief from strong emotions come?
By facing the emotions instead of distracting ourselves; identifying them by name; and not making things worse with resentment, but forgiving the offender
Forgiveness lets somebody off the hook, and you will find that person to be ___________
yourself
What emotion should be treated and not ignored?
Shock and terror
Ordinary grief can be expressed but should be ___________ in proportion to the size of the loss
Limited
What does grief start with?
Shock
When the grieving person needs someone to stand beside him, offer your __________, not your _____
Presence, words
What should deep grief and ordinary grief be?
Limited
Rumination
Thinking about something repeatedly without coming to a conclusion
Choose to accept the seconds in life and be what?
Content
What is the assurance that everything will be okay in the end?
Hope
Hope is expressed by what?
Joy
