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maladaptive behaviour

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adaptive beviour to deal with reducing anxiety as a coping mechanism, difficult childhood experiences effect learning/brain development

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adaptive behaviours

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beviours align with the demans/environmnet of everyday life - avoiding dangers bc of reasonable fear

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mental health

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emotional and social response to cope with normal stresses of life

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mental disorder

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can severly distorts a person’s thought, emotions, perceptions & behaviours can seriously affect a person ability to function normally

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psychosis

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unable to distinguish between reality & imaginary worlds - schizophrenia

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neurosis

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difficultites with awarness of thoughts, feelings and behaviours - anxiety, depression, personality

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dysfunctional biological factors

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genetics, brain structure

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dysfunctional psychological factors

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personality & tempermental, lack of resilience, insecure, ambivulent or avoident, attachment between caregiver and child, deprived environmnets - truama, grief or loss

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dysfunctional social factors

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unhappy, financial insecurity, parental disinterest, natural disarsters

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dysfunctional cultural factors

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cultural norms

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consequences on mental health

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leads to mental disorders - anxiety, depression, Avoident behaviours for reducing stress - alcohol, drugs, food, self-harm, isolation, Long term consequences

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mood disorders include:

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major depressive episode –> hypermanic episode –> manic episode

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bipolar disorder

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constant up and down depressive episodes - disorder for life

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personality disorders

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destructive patterns that deviates from epectations of an individuals culture , difficulty percieving and relating to others -> generally life long

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alcohol/drug & personality disorders

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alcohol/drug ease the symptoms of PD –> aggresiveness, self-destructives, relationshsip problems and work dsyfunction

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Antisocial disorders

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deceptive and manipulative to gain personal benefit –> disregarding the wishes, rights and feelings of others, impulsive, irritability and aggression ==> may suddenly change jobs, or move residence.

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borderline personality disorder

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instbility in relationships, moods and self-image –> impulsive, self-damaging, suicidal behaviours, unstable mood and feeling of emptiness

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psychotic disorders

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loss touch w/ reality, trouble communication, sense of feelings, thoughts and perceptions ar eseverly altered. ==> delusions, hallucinations

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schizophrenia

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most common psychotic disorder, - affects ability to think, feel and act & loose touch with society

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delusions

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misinterpretation of perceptions or experiences

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hallucinations

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false perceptions in absences of sensory imput/disturbance of sensory perceptions –> auditory, olfactory, tactille, gustatory

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anxiety disorder

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generalised anxiety disorder (GAD)
obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
panic disorder
social phobia
specific phobia
PTSD
acute stress disorder (ASD)

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anxiety disorders (elements)

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emotional - tense, anxious/fearful
cognitive - worrying, not coping, lack of control
behavioural - avoiding the situations, not perfoming to best
psychological - bodily reactions, increased heart rate, rapid breathing and nausua

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phobias

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irrational fear of a specific object/situation - anxiety is out of proportion to actual danger/threat

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social phobias

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fear of crowds –> people & open spaces together

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specific phobias

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animal, natural environments, situation, blood/injury phobias

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Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

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excessive anxiety all the time which invades day to day activities –> anxious about every aspect of life, anxiety does not stop it moves to the next issue

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adrenaline

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adrenaline can quickly be released into the blood, sending impulsives to create a specific response

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