U4AOS2A - Defining Mental Wellbeing Flashcards
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Define mental wellbeing
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- State of (contextual) emotional and social health in which individuals can…
- Cope with the normal stresses of life
- Work productively
- Contribute to their community
- Can at anytime be eroded by risk factors or enhanced by protective factors
- Factors that can help…
- Ability to function and contribute
- Social and emotional wellbeing
- Ability to cope with setbacks
- Self efficacy
2
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Describe levels of functioning
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Degree to which an individual can complete day-to-day tasks in an independent and effective manner
- Setting goals
- Development
- Meeting demands of everyday life
- ⬆️ - Live alone, pay bills
- ⬇️ - Lack of engagement in self care
3
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How can levels of functioning be used to consider mental wellbeing?
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- If an individual can complete everyday tasks in an independent and effective manner…
- It can be concluded that they are highly likely to be mentally healthy
4
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What is adaptive behaviour?
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- Any behaviour that enables one to adjust to their environment appropriately and effectively
5
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What is maladaptive behaviour?
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- Any behaviour that is counterproductive - Interferes with one’s ability to adjust to their environment
- Reduced ability to do everyday things
- Most people have done at some point but → Persistent maladaptive behaviour is associated with a low level of overall functioning
AKA Dysfunctional Behaviour
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What is resilience?
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- Ability to cope and manage change and uncertainty
- Recover quickly from setbacks and manage stress
- ‘Bounce back’
- Restore positive functioning
- Reason for difference in perspective with each individual
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Adjust to or overcome adversity
- Individuals tend to have good social support systems
- Not a fixed ability → Something that is learnt and built through relationships and experiences
- ⬆️ → Linked to greater life satisfaction and happiness - Bad mark = Reach out to teacher for advice
- ⬇️ → School absence to avoid
7
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How can resilience be used to consider mental wellbeing?
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- An individual is likely to possess high levels of mental health if they are able to cope with change
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What is social wellbeing?
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- Ability for an individual to form and maintain meaningful bonds with others → Adapt to different social situations
- Feeling connected, reciprocated, valued and desired
- ⬆️ → Reciprocation in friendships - Same energy
- ⬇️ → Disengagement (no checking up on friends)
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What is emotional wellbeing?
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- Ability for an individual to appropriately control and express their own emotions in an adaptive way → Also understand emotions of others
- Feeling balanced
- Experiencing normal range of emotions
- Coping strategies (!)
- Responding appropriately
- ⬆️ → Emotions seen clearly
- ⬇️ → Reactions blown out of proportion or apathy
10
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Describe characteristics of a mentally healthy person
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- Can form and maintain positive relationships with others
- Able to deal (or cope) with normal stressors in everyday life
- Reason logically and think clearly
- Manage and control their feelings and emotions without extreme highs or lows
- Experience pleasure and enjoyment in day-to-day activities
- Use their abilities to achieve goals and realise their potential
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What is the Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB) framework?
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- Approach to understanding all elements of being for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
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Multidimensional and holistic
- Many components
- Wellbeing of individual + their family and community (collectivist)
- Change throughout a persons lifespan → Varies according to needs of different age groups
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What are the different SEWB framework dimensions?
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- Connection to…
- Culture → Most important
- Country
- Spirituality and Ancestors
- Body
- Mind and Emotions
- Family and Kinship
- Community
Interrelated and overlap
13
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Describe the Connection to: Body (1) and Mind (1)
What they are, what disrupts them and what restores them
Domains of SEWB
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Body
- Normal biological markers of physical health → Diet and exercise
- ❌ Disruptions → Smoking, diseases
- ✅ Restoration → Sports, hunting and gathering
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Mind
- Beyond mental health → Recognise importance of positive emotions, self-confidence
- ❌ Disruptions → Threats to safety, cultural trauma & racism
- ✅ Restoration → Accessing supports, education, recognition of human rights
Speak only about the domains that are required from the question
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Describe the Connection to: Family/Kinship (1) and Community (1)
What they are, what disrupts them and what restores them
Domains of SEWB
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Family/Kinship
- Importance of family and group relations → Caring and reciprocating, respect for Elders and heritage
- ❌ Disruption → Removal of children from families
- ✅ Restoration → Connecting w/ family history, spending time w/ Elders & developing healthy relationships with significant others
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Community
- Community cohesion
- ❌ Disruptions → Lateral violence (individuals feel oppressed/ displaced), family feuding
- ✅ Restoration → Self-determination, utilising community for engagement and support
Speak only about the domains that are required from the question
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Describe the Connection to: Culture (1- EKI), Country (1) and Ancestors/ Spirituality (1)
What they are, what disrupts them and what restores them
Domains of SEWB
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Culture
- Expression → Yarning, ceremony, art, storytelling
- Knowledge → Language, norms, morals
- Identity → Pride, belonging, values
- ❌ Disruptions → Cultural genocide and clash
- ✅ Restoration → Learning and involvement in cultural EKI
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Country
- Deep experience of belonging to Country → Traditional and spiritual
- ❌ Disruption → Dispossession of land
- ✅ Restoration → Returning to land to heal
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Ancestors/Spirituality
- Knowledge and belief systems, the Dreaming, value of wisdom and hope
- ❌ Disruption → Impact of mission life and assimilation (Aboriginals expected to live like White Australians)
- ✅ Restoration → Coexisting w/ Christianity, acceptance and mindfulness (peace and balance)
Speak only about the domains that are required from the question
