Mental Wellbeing
The ability to manage everyday life successfully and carry out daily activities.
What is functioning?
Genes, neurotransmitter levels and hormones.
What are biological factors?
Behaviour that interferes with daily functioning.
What is dysfunction?
A state of arousal caused by stressors perceived as challenging or exceeding coping resources.
What is stress?
A short-acting anti-anxiety medication that acts as a GABA agonist.
What is a benzodiazepine?
The ability to adapt to adversity and "bounce back" after setbacks.
What is resilience?
Thoughts, beliefs, attitudes and coping skills.
What are psychological factors?
Symptoms that persist for an extended period of time.
What is duration?
A diagnosable mental disorder that is characterised by avoidance behaviour.
What is a specific phobia?
The process of replacing incorrect breathing habits with correct breathing patterns.
What is breathing retraining?
A state of mind involving enjoyment of life, coping with everyday stress, and developing to one's potential.
What is mental wellbeing?
Family relationships, social support and culture.
What are social factors?
A classification system commonly used in Australia to diagnose mental disorders.
What is the DSM-5-TR?
Insufficient neural transmission or reception of GABA.
What is GABA dysfunction?
A therapy that challenges irrational thoughts and maladaptive behaviours.
What is cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)?
A holistic framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wellbeing that includes body, mind, emotions, family, community, culture, spirituality and ancestors.
What is Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB)?
A holistic model explaining how biological, psychological and social factors interact to influence mental health.
What is the biopsychosocial model?
Dysfunction, Deviance, Distress and Duration.
What are the 4 Ds of mental illness?
A cognitive bias involving overestimating danger and predicting the worst possible outcome.
What is catastrophic thinking?
A behavioural therapy involving gradual exposure paired with relaxation.
What is systematic desensitisation?
The concept that mental health fluctuates between mental health, mental health problems and mental disorders.
What is the mental wellbeing continuum?
Biological and psychological factors.
What are the two categories that influence mental wellbeing?
The DSM describes onset, course and symptom persistence but not these two things.
What are the causes and treatment options?
Remembering threatening experiences more readily than non-threatening ones.
What is memory bias?
Education provided to families and supporters about a phobia and how to help manage it.
What is psychoeducation?