Topic 3 - Humanistic Or Psychodynamic Or Cognitive Neuroscience Explanation Of Mental Health

Question 1

What did Maslow suggest?

Answer 1

The everyone has the ability and potential to be mentally healthy

Question 2

What do we need to do in order to achieve self-actualisation?

Answer 2

We need to achieve lower levels needs such as physiological needs, needs for safety, for belonging and love and feeling of self-esteem and accomplish

Question 3

What happens if something stops us from being able to self-actualise?

Answer 3

This can lead to negative feelings and impact in our mental health

Question 4

What did Rogers suggest?

Answer 4

That our mental health is determined by our self-image and whether our view of who we are matches our ideal self

Question 5

What can our self-image be affected by?

Answer 5

Conditions of worth imposed by others

Question 6

What might a likely treatment do?

Answer 6

Person-centred therapy involves giving the patient unconditional positive regard and trying to bring their self-image closer to their ideal self