Health Psych
a subfield of psychology that studies the relationship between psychological factors, such as thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, and physical health.
Health Psychology
A branch of psychology that focuses on the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive, shifting the focus from problems to well-being and flourishing
Positive Psychology
actions or responses that hinder an individual's ability to adjust to situations, cope with challenges, or maintain healthy relationships, often leading to negative consequences
maladaptive
Persistent False beliefs
Delusions
the treatment of mental conditions by verbal communication and interaction.
Psychotherapy
a natural, involuntary physiological reaction to perceived threats, where the body prepares to either confront (fight), escape (flight), or remain motionless (freeze) to survive
Fight-flight-or-freeze response
Understanding a person’s, or your own, strengths helps better understand how to gain tools that will help them, or you, use strengths to be successful
Values in Action
The two diagnostic manuals
DSM-5 and ICD-11
a mental health condition triggered by a traumatic event, such as witnessing or experiencing a life-threatening event
PTSD
the process of transitioning people with mental illness or developmental disabilities from long-stay psychiatric hospitals to community-based care
deinstutionalization
Hypertension, Headaches, Immunesupression
Stress symptoms
positive psychological changes that grow out of challenges and trauma
Posttraumatic Growth
Identifying a psychological disorder:
Level of __: how much it impacts daily life
Perception of personal __: personal discomfort or suffering
__: different from social norms
Dysfunction, Distress, Deviation
Repeatedly washing your hands is to ________ as repeatedly thinking about your own death is to ________.
OCD; MDD
based on the theory that what is consciously remembered in a dream (manifest content) is symbolic of the unconscious wants (latent content)
Dream Interpretation
positive stress
eustress
Focus on life satisfaction, emotional affect, and a sense of meaning and purpose by studying feelings, behaviors, and cognition
Subjective Well Being
An integrated model that combines biological, psychological, and sociocultural to allow for a more thorough approach to explaining, diagnosing, and treating disorders
Biopsychosocial Model
Specific phobias, Panic Disorder and GAD are part of which disorder?
Anxiety Disorder
a substance that alters brain function and produces changes in mood, perception, consciousness, cognition, or behavior
Psychoactive medications
Stages of General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
Alarm, Resistance, Exhaustion
Shawn Achor conducted a study where ___
21 days of positive thoughts/journal entries
utilizing a combination of approaches
Eclectic approach
Unstable emotions, Impulsive behaviors, Fear of abandonment and poor self-esteem
Borderline Personality Disorder
The intentional surgical destruction of part of the brain to reduce symptoms of mental illness
Psychosurgery