Metal Health Chapter 1

Front 1

Stigma

Back 1

lack of understandingoften leads to moral judgments about people who are labeled "persistently and severely mentally ill

Front 2

self stigma

Back 2

agreeing with the stereotype and turing it against oneself.

Front 3

mental disorders

Back 3

brain disorders that variably affect aspect of cognition, emotion and behavior.

Front 4

mental health and mental illness

Back 4

can ve viewed as end points on a continuum, with movement back and forth throughout life

Front 5

What are the 4 levels on the continuum

Back 5

Physical level, personal level, interpersonal level, societal level

Front 6

Mental illness

Back 6

A sense of disharmony with aspects of living that may be distressing to the individual, family, friends, or community.

Front 7

mental health

Back 7

a lifelongprocess that includes a sense of harmony and balance for the individual, family, freinds, and community: a growth toward potential; an inner feeling of aliveness

Front 8

Empowerment

Back 8

people have both the authority and the confidence to choose and act on options

Front 9

emotional contagion

Back 9

the tendency to automatically mimic the emotions we see in another person

Front 10

resilience

Back 10

ability to emerge relatively unscathed from negative life events. includes personality and temperament factors, along with specific skills and abilities that help people adapt and cope effectively

Front 11

Spirituality

Back 11

that part of us that deals with relationships and values and addresses questions of purpose and meannig in life.

Front 12

Neurobiological theory

Back 12

focuses on genetic factors neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and biological rhythms as they relate to the cause, course, and prognosis of mental disorders.