Intro to Health
Factors and reasons that cause the body to go into fight or flight mode.
Stress.
Concept that diseases have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases cured.
Medical Model.
Fear of being judged or scrutinized by people. Social phobia – fear/distress over social situations (social phobia).
Social Anxiety Disorder.
Symptoms of menstrual cycles do not improve following menses.
Chronic PMS.
Name the Psychologist: The guy who made the pyramid.
Abraham Maslow.
can be a singular distress event or it can be a series of small events that build up over time.
Traumatic Stress.
A widely used system for classifying psychological disorders.
DSM-5.
Infant or young child doesn’t establish attachments with parents or caregivers.
Reactive Attachment Disorder.
Alternates between hopelessness and lethargy of depression and over-excited manic state.
Bipolar Disorder.
The perception that you control your own fate.
Internal Locus of Control.
Ignoring the issue / suppression - Use of substances not prescribed - Doing things that would cause other physical or mental harm.
Negative Health Strategies.
perception of you leads to behaviors that direct you to act accordingly.
Self-Fulfilling Prophecies.
Pattern of behavior in which a child approaches and interacts with unfamiliar adults; overly familiar verbal or physical behavior; will go with an unfamiliar adult with no hesitation; diminished or absent checking back with adult caregiver.
Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder.
Delusions – irrational, unjustifiable, usually paranoid belief.
Schizophrenia.
A readiness to perceive oneself favorably.
Self-Serving Bias.
managing emotional reactions to stress to cope. - Deep Breathing, meditation or taking dr. prescribed medication.
Emotion Focused Coping.
Persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts. Restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities.
ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder).
Development of severe anxiety, dissociative or other symptoms after a traumatic stressor; find it difficult.
Acute Stress Disorder.
Disorders related to emotions.
Depressive Disorders.
Suggests that the mind is mostly hidden through your unconsciousness.
ID.
Theory proposed that some people react to stress by tending to their own needs and/or the needs of others to seek a connection with others. - This can be positive, but be wary of taking on the stress of others by trying to assist them. It might end up being more stress on you.
Tend and Befriend Theory.
Gradual progression of cognitive & behavioral symptoms. decline in memory and learning.
Alzheimer's Disease.
Characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, numbness of feeling, and/or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience.
PTSD.
People feel like they are in a deep black hole with no way to get out.
Major Depressive Disorder.
This personality inventory is the most widely researched and clinically used of all personality tests.
MMPI.