Mental Health
Name something out of my control
What other people think of me
Feelings of Fear or Panic in nonthreatening situations
anxiety disorders
Depression caused by lack of sleep
Seasonal affective disorder
Good decision making involves what 2 things?
learning from the past
Living fully engaged in the present and using the best information you have
Contentment is a
Choice to be happy even when things dont go your way
What are 3 things under my control?
What I think about
What action I will take
My attitude toward my situation
breakdown of normal thought with delusions or hallucinations
schizophrenia
acting on the feelings of self loathing
self harm behavior
Attention Span is shortened by
bombarding it with too much information
Joy is an expression of
Hope
A diagnosis of mental illness means someone
may be having difficulty functioning in ordinary life activities,
cycles of intense high mood followed by depression
bipolar disorder
Impulsive, irrational, angry behavior that damages relationships
borderline personality disorder
The state of being aware of how you feel and expressing it appropriately
Emotional Health
What is an important reason people with mental illness do not get better
Anosognosia
Name 4 ways that we know that someone is thinking
The person is hooked up to an EEG that is recording brain waves
The person is being creative
The person is communicating through language
The Person solving a problem
From early childhood, lack of communication, eye contact, and smiles
Autism spectrum disorder
Permanent loss of memory, language, and emotions
Dementia
What is emotional health
facing the situation that brought me the emotion and releasing the emotion in a socially acceptable way
What means dwelling on an unsolvable problem again and again without coming to a conclusion
Rumination
Name 3 parts of good mental health
Learning from the past
Possessing a positive outlook for the future
making good decisions
Through most of life, times of very low mood, poor sleep, and low appetite
Major Depression
an irresistible need to perform activities as rituals
Compulsion
What are three brain neurotransmitters that have been shown to influence mental health
GABA
serotonin
dopamine
What should you do when someone is in deep grief,
Don't give lots of advice, but be present!