psychology problems Flashcards
what is a mental heath problem
is when a person is experiemcing diffculties in how they behave and think
what is menatl health state
is when a person is feeling certain emotions
how is modern life makes mental health more challening
modern life nakes elderly people feel isolated by putting them in a captive due tp thoer loses so they are more likely to suffer
how has social stigma around mental health chnaged
people were perceived as crazy and lunitics but then more people started to sympathize for the people whp are suffering
how do different cultures percieve mental health problems
some menatl health problem are not to be recogmise form anoter culture for exaple hearing voices in western can be seen as hallucinations
effects of menta; health problems on individula
on individual
damage to relationships
diffculty in coping day to day life
physical well being
…..on society
social care
increased crime rates
econmoy and the cost
whats the diffenrce between sad and depression
sad is a normal human emotion whereas depression is a abnormal emotional state
what is uniplar depresssion and bipolar depression
unipolar experimceing one emotional state
bipolar two emotional states
what are the key symptoms of depressions
low mood
reduced energy levels
loss of interets and pleasure
what is the biological explanation of depression
is that we have depression bevause of low levels of serotonin binding into the post synaptic
the reason why we have low serotonin levels
is genetic inheritted by parents or ecause of the typhoran ingredn t on making serotonin
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ONE STRENGTH THERE IS SUPPPRTED EVIDEMCE …
ONE WEKANESS CANT ESTABLISH THE CAUS AND EFFECT
what is the psychological explaination of depresssion
faulty thinking when ut focuses on the negatuve aspect of depression and then negative schemas where u have negative scheas about yourself and ten about the future and then the world
attribution making reason on why the person is behaving that way
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one strength it has world application …
one wekaness it ignored the other reaosn for depression …
what is an antidepressant
is a drug that help with depression and improving your mood
how do we trest depression
using SSRI it blocks the reuptake of serotonin makes sure ther eis left and remaining of the serotonin so it can bind into the post synaptic
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one weakness it has side effects ….
one weakness isnt due to imvalance of serotonin we have depression …
what is CBT
is a therapy were the therpasit focuses on ow the client think and bahviour
how thinking
somone who is depressed have irrational thinkng and someone who has good menatl health has rattional thinking
how about bahvior
behavior activation where plan out activities that will cause and prodcue pleasnet moods
how does the therapist tackle with irrational
they try to dipute and challnge on why they are thinkng this way
how does the client deals with irrational thiughth
y having a thought diary
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one strength it long lasting ….
one wekaness requires alot of effert from the patient …
oulrine wiles study of treating depression
he wanted to see if treatijg depression by using antidepressenat and CBT will be an affecfive way of treating it he assesed the symptoms using the BDI
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one strength found the best ad most effectve way of treating depression and so he imporved and benefited society by fnding the right medication and way of treating depression
one strength he used a trsyted resource BDI
what is addiction
is a mentl health probkem where a person uses a substance for pleasure but then eventually thye become obssessive over it
what is dependce
is either indicated by a complusio to keep on taking the drug or a continue behaviour by withdrawl symptoms
whats the difference between misuse and abuse
misuse is that u are taking more drug than you should you are not following the guidelines for it
abuse is you are taking the subtance with a bad purpose like euphoria
dignosising addiction
strong desire for the subtance
they see the substance as a high priority than other thungs
withdrawl stae
diffsult in the controlllibf yse
still use despite lnwoing how harmful it is
keep on increaing the doses
what is the heredeitaory factors
the genetuc information that is passed on to the genatration and next
what is genetic vulnerability
having a hugh risk of developing addiction
what is kajis study about
his aim he wanted to see if addiction of alcholism is because oif someones genes . he took male sweden twins and atleast one of them experiences alchohol abuse so he inerivewd to get information . he foundout that among those set of twins there was a hugh precenmtage of addiction of alcholism being identical than not so 61 percent oidentical where 39 percent were not so he concluded that alcjolism is related because of somien egenes
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ONE STRENGTH THERE IS SUPOOSRTED EVEIDNECE ….
ONE WEKANESSS IS THAT THERE MAY BE OTHER FACTORS ….
WHAT IS PEER INFLUECE
how do the peers affect us
what is social learnung theory
you start copying somone moves espically when they are being rearded and you would espically copy if you saw them as an idol and role model and we like to obsevre other people and copy them
what is social norms
a social norm is used when you dont know how to act in a certian situation so then you start copying other peoples behaviorus bevause you have no idea what to do
social identity theory
people feel a huge pressure and feeel the ned to conforfrom other peoples groups in ordere to be accepted and liked by these group of people
oppurtonites
is when your peers would give you cnaces on how and where you shpuld take the substance , instruction provide you a sfae place
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one strength there is supported evidece …..
one wekaness it suggests that peer influence is the one that acses addiction …
what is aversion therapy
a form of therapy where the participant wil be exposed to thuer addictive sustance and then they are expsed to some disocomfort and that would eventually be asscoiated with thier substace and makes them stop taking it
how aversion therapy treats alchoholism
the perosn is exposed to something that makes tem feel nauseous and about to vomit and then they are exposed to their addictict substace and that woud eventually tsop them from taking it
how we treat gamblers
the person will write down notes for gamling and not gambling phrass whever he reads a gambling note he will get an electric shock so that will eventallu makes the eprson stop wthin the activity if gambling
treating smokers ?
he person is sent to a romm hwere he will keep on smokig non stop and evetaluu he will feel tired and about to vomit
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one wekaness its not that effective ….
one wekaness it may not be suitabe for eveyone …
what is slef managment
when someone has a mental helath problem , work on recpebry without any assictmace of help
what is the 12 step revpevrry prgramme
they are led by a group of alchoholic that is still in use of tofay
what does it consist of
the hugher power is you are givingup tje addicton that you are expericing to somone wo has hig powers like god
admitting and sharing guilt : the adict must accept what they ahve dpne worng and start sharing ther misatkes to others and get any forgivness , publicly announcing ypur guilts makes you feel ashamed and guilty of your doings
life long process they knwowlege that addiction is along rev=covery process so the group tale eachother numbers for suport or any needed help
what is self help group
is a group of people that share a common problem
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one weakness it only works for some people …..
one weakness they dont see it effective as there was no differnce of the rest ….
clinical depression
a mental disorder characterised by low moods and low energy levels
reductionist
undertandung the whole of human behaviour didvided into consitunet paprts
Like aversion therapy
holistic
the beleief undertanding the whole human behaviour by undertandng the bigger picture rather than consituent parts
Like the self management groups
