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12 Cards in this Set
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Mental Health |
A state of emotional and social well-being in which individuals realize their own abilities, can work productively and can contribute to their community. |
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Mental Illness |
A mental disorder that affects one or more functions of the mind. A mental illness can interfere with a person's thoughts, feelings, emotions and behaviours |
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Mental Disorders |
Exaggerated forms of thoughts, feelings and behaviours, implying the existence of a clinically recognisable set of symptoms and behaviours that usually need treatment to be alleviated. |
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Functional Approach to Normality |
Social Phobias/Exaggerated Behaviours |
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Medical Approach to Normality |
diagnosing someone with a mental illness, in the same way a person may be diagnosed with a physical illness. A persons state of mental health is determined by a set of symptoms. if a mental illness is diagnosed, then a treatment is required. |
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Fight/Flight response |
An organism's survival response, readying the body for action. Stemming from the autonomic nervous system and then the sympathetic |
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Eustress |
Refers to a positive psychological response to a perceived stressor |
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Distress |
Refers to a negative psychological reponse to a perceived stressor |
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Homeostasis |
The relatively stable internal environment, kept within narrow limits, that works to balance the body's metabolism |
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Allostasis |
Where the body maintains stability or homeostasis through change |
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Allostasis Load |
Refers to the cumulative effects of our body trying to re-establish allostasis in response to frequent and intense stressors |
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Allostatic Overload |
When the demands of the stressor exceed the body's ability to repeatedly adapt, the person is no longer able to meet the demands. |
