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Charcteristics of Mental Health


- realistic about goals


- always positive


- respect others


- able to manage stress


- keep active

Characteristics of a Non Mentally healthy person

- not fit


- depressed


- different moods


- eating disorder

Types of Stressors

1.Physical Stress- P: physical activities N: smoking


2. Social Stress- P:compliments N: rejections


3. Intellectual- P: challenging problems N: mental fatigue


4. emotional- P: falling in love N: lack of love


5. spiritual- P:follows moral code N: moral conflicts


6. Environmental- P: lots of money N: lack money


T or F: pleasant and stimulating situations can be stressful.

TRUE

Stress Related Illnesses or Problems

Mood: mo0d changes from happy to sad


anxiety: anxious or scared about upcoming events


physical: body pain


schizophrenia

What differs about individuals that might affect how they handle stress

-age


-gender


-occupation


-health


-culture


Boy who does not have strength for sports, finds satisfaction working on school yearbook:

COMPENSATION

high school student stomps floor when parents refuse to let her go to movies:

DISPLACEMENT

"I may not be doing well in school but I will exceed as an adult"

RATIONALIZATION

girl imagines herself getting all the boys:

FANTASY + DAYDREAMING

student complains about stomach before a history exam

WITHDRAWAL

mary failed to make basketball team, says she didn't care

RATIONALIZATION

"i would do better if my brothers stopped bugging me"

PROJECTION

Jerry found he had a new sister and began to suck his thumb

REGRESSION

a dog bit betty and it gave her a physical and emotional scar. when asked she says she doesn't remeber it:

REPRESSION

Lucy likes to walk around in her mother's high heel shoes when she is at work:

IDENTIFICATION

Julian puts up with his boss's nasty remarks because he needs money.

SUPRESSION

ways to master stress

1.change lifestyle habits: care for yourself, balanced diet, exercise


2. change stressful situations: communicate concerns with assertion, practicing problem solving, possible leave the situation


3.change thinking: positivity, see problems as oppurtunitites, be realistic


4.use relaxation response: take deep breath, count to ten before responding, sleep on the news

adaptive coping

physical: maintain health, learn to relax


mental: positive thoughts, value yourself


social: communicate wth people, seek new activities

suicide risk factors

Emotional state: guilt,shame, depression


Behavioural Changes: neglect appearance, withdrawal, anger


Personal crisis: poor grades, change school, trouble with law, bullying


lack of support network: no friends/family, no church/club, no connection to professional support


warning signs: goodbyes, relations to death, suicide notes, sudden burst of energy


physical symptoms: aches, pains, eating habits


family background: family death, over protective family, conflict in family

suicide prevention

-call suicide centre


- take person seriously when threatens suicide


- be direct


- don't challenge person


- be willing to listen

warning signs

- gives away possesions


- abused


- recent break up


- hopeless


- goodbyes

You can always tell if someone is experiencing a mental illness:

FALSE

People with mental illnesses are more violent than other people:

False

A person who has attempted suicide is at a much lower risk of a second attempt:

False

People who are mentally healthy experience stress:

True

Stress is the cause of, or contributes to most mental illnesses:

True

Major changes in behaviour, eating disorders, depression, and moodiness are signs of suicide:

True

Exercise increases the amount of stress in a person's life:

False