Phobia

Question 1

What is Mental Health and Wellbeing?

Answer 1

A beneficial emotional state in which a person realises their abilities, copes with the normal stresses of life, works productively and contributes to their community.

Question 2

The Mental Health and Wellbeing Continuum

Answer 2

A continuum ranging from High (Mentally healthy), Moderate (Mental health problem), to Low (Mental disorder). Each person is at a unique point on the spectrum, or continuum and this will change throughout their life, depending on the experiences they have and their resilience,

Question 3

Factors that Influence Mental Wellbeing. Internal Factors (Biological).

Answer 3

Originate within a person and refer to the functioning of a person’s body.

Factors Include:
- Genetics
- Sex
- Neurotransmitter functioning
- Hormones
- Immune Functioning
- Nervous system activity
- Physical health

Question 4

Factors that Influence Mental Wellbeing. Internal Factors (Psychological).

Answer 4

Originate within a person and refers to the influences that come from mental processes and may relate to prior learning and memory.

Factors Include:
- Styles pf thinking
- Beliefs and attitudes
- Emotions
- Learning and memory
- Personality traits

Question 5

Factors that Influence Mental Wellbeing. External Factors (Social)

Answer 5

Originate outside of the person, and refers to the conditions in which a person lives and grows.

Factors Include:
- Relationships
- Early life experiences
- Education level
- Income
- Social support
- Stability of accommodation
- Cultural values
- Employment
- Discrimination

Question 6

The Distinction Between Stress, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorder and Phobias

Answer 6

Stress: Is the psychological and physical (Biological) response to internal or external sources of tensions (stressors).

Anxiety: Involves feelings of worry, apprehension and unease, usually directed towards something in the future.

Anxiety Disorder: when anxiety becomes excessive, and persistent over a longer period of time and disrupts daily functioning.

Specific Phobia: is an anxiety disorder characterized by a persistent, irrational, intense, and excessive fear of a particular object or event/stimulus.