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Unit 4 Mental Health and Wellbeing Flashcards

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Wellbeing

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state in which an individual is mentally, physically and socially healthy and secure.

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Mental Wellbeing

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individual’s psychological state indicating their ability to think, process information and regulate emotions

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4 Aspects of Wellbeing

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levels of functioning, resilience, social wellbeing and emotional wellbeing

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Levels of Functioning

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When high independence, setting goals, development, meeting the demands of everyday life

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Resilience

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the ability to cope with and manage change and uncertainity

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Social Wellbeing

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the ability for an individual to form and maintain meaningful bonds with others and adapt to different social situations

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Emotional Wellbeing

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the ability for an individual to appropriately control and express their own emotions in an adaptive way, as well as understand the emotions of others.

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SEWB

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One approach to understanding wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

social, historical, political

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Mental Wellbeing Continuum

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tool used to track mental wellbeing and level of functioning

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Mental Disorder

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Something that can interfere with a person’s normal functioning

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Stress

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a state of psychological and physiological tension

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Distress

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When an individual feels they do not have the resources to cope with a stressor

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Anxiety

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  • State of psychological and physiological arousal associated with feelings of worry and uneasiness
  • Severe often causes physiological responses
  • Anxiety is generally unhelpful and often negatively impacting mental help
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Specific Phobias

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far or a - Persistent irrational and intense fear of a specific object or event

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Biopsychosocial Approach

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A framework for understanding the human experience in terms of influence of biological, psychological and social factors

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Cognitive Bias

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tendency to think in a way that often involve errors of judgment or faulty decision making

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Memory Bias

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Type of cognitive bias caused by inaccurate or exaggerated memory

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Catastrophic Thinking

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Cognitive bias in which a stimulus or events predicted to be far worse then it actually.

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Environmental Triggers

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stimuli or experiences in an environment that evoke extreme stress result leading to phobia development

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Stigma

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feeling of shame or disgrace experienced by an individual for a characteristic that differentiates themselves from others

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Benzodiazepine

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Type of medication that depresses central nervous system activity by enhancing GABA (inhibitory neurotransmitter, muscle relaxant)

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Agonist

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a drug that mimics the actions of a neurotransmitter (inhibiting an activity as a response)

BENZIAODYNE

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Breathing Retraining

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method used to teach breathing control techniques that may reduce physiological arousal

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Systematic Desenitisation

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Therapeutic technique used to overcome phobias that involves a patient being exposed incrementally to anxiety inducing stimulus combined with use of relocating techniques.

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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

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Form of psychotherapy that encourages individuals to substitute dysfunctional cognitions and behaviours with more adaptive ones

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Psychoeducation

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teaching families and supporter of individuals with mental health disorder how to better understand deal and treat

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Protective Features

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influences that ensure an individual to promote and maintain high levels of mental wellbeing

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Biological Protective Features

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influences that stem from the body
sleep, nutritional intake, hydration

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Psychological Protective Features

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influences that relate to mental processes
cognitive/behavioural strategies mindfulness meditation

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Social Protective Features

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influences that relate to social environment
support from family, friends and community

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Cognitive Behaviour Strategies

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Techniques that utilise trait recognising and change dysfunctional thoughts and behavioural patterns

journalling and self reflection

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Mindfullness Meditation

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Having a focused awareness on the present experience

reduced stress and anxiety, improved attention and concentration, decreased pain sensitivity, improved empathy and compassion and increased self-awareness.

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Cultural Continuity

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passing down the active practise of cultural knowledge traditions and values from generation to generation

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Self Determination

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rights of all peoples to freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development without outside interference.
having autonomy of own life

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What are the biological contributing factors?

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GABA dysfunction and long term potentiation

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What are the psychological contributing factors?

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classical conditioning, operant conditioning, memory bias and cognitive bias

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What are the social contributing factors?

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environmental triggers and stigma

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What are the biological intervention factors?

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Benziodyzine and breathing retraining

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What are the psychological intervention factors?

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systematic desensitisation and cognitive behaviour therapy

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What is the social intervention factor?

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psychoeducation

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Intervention factor

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treatments that reduce mental illness and increase mental wellbeing (mainly phobias)

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Contributing factor

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factors that increasing risk of individal having a mental health disorder/problem.

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What are the 7 seven SEWB domains?

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physical body, emotions, events, politics, social economic status (poverty + discrimination)

community and family

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precipitates

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classical conditioning
events that trigger the development of a disorder

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perpetuates

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operant conditioning
maintains the specific mental health disorder and prevents recovery

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Classical conditioing

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specific stimulus paired with negative stimulus = fear response
specific stimulus = fear response

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Operant conditioning

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a - phobia
b - avoid phobia
c - calm

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