Provide 2 examples of characteristics of a healthy mind
What is realistic, aware of motives & feelings; can control their behaviour; can restrain their impulses, etc.
100
an inherited tendency or susceptiblity
What is genetic predisposition
100
demonstrating two extreme and opposite forms of behaviour
What is bipolar
100
the treatment of inappropriate or distressing behaviour patters through the use of basic learning principles
What is behaviour therapy
100
these disorders affect people's ability to function in society, making it difficult to relate to others or to hold a job
What is personality disorders
200
this is a physical and psychological response to circumstances in the environment that test our ability to cope
What is stress
200
treatment for mental illness in which the patient talks through the problem with a trained therapist
What is psychotherapy
200
a form of anxiety that involves an intense, irrational fear of certain objects or situations
What is a phobia
200
Name 2 types of treatments for mood disorders
What is counselling, psychotherapy, or anti-depressant drugs
300
a hormone affecting circulation and muscular action, causing excitment and stimulation
What is adrenalin
300
a sign of disgrace or discredit
What is stigma (btw - this is found on page 99!!)
300
false beliefs, often of one's importance or of being persecuted
What is delusions (i.e. delusions of grandeur)
300
Provide two treatment options for schizophrenia
What is drugs, psychotherapy, or hospitalization
400
Richard Lazarus developed a two-step process called stress cognitive appraisal. In the primary appraisal, the individual assess the degree of threat that is present. During the secondary appraisal, the individual does this:
What is chooses a way to deal with this threat
400
In the Middle Ages, name two frequent methods of dealing with mental illness?
What is exorcism, praying, fasting or burning at the stake as witches
400
the process of discontinuing an addictive substance, often accompanied by uncomfortable, painful and sometimes life-threatening physical and psychological reactions
What is withdrawal
400
Provide two treatment options for substance abuse
What is counselling, behaviour therapy and self-help groups
500
Provide three positive ways to deal with stress
What is removing/altering the cause os stress; changing your own mental/physical reaction to stress; etc
500
inability to cope with whatever behaviour is required to form and maintain a relationship with another
What is interpersonal maladjustment
500
this illness is marked by distortion of reality, social withdrawal, and disturbances of thought, perception, motor activity and emotions
What is what is schizophrenia
500
Provide two treatment options for anxiety
What is psychotherapy, behaviour therapy and anti-anxiety drugs