Week 1 MH Review

Monkey

100

Definition of mental health.

Mental health encompasses the emotional, psychological, and social aspects of well-being that enable individuals to live fulfilling and meaningful lives.

200

Definition of mental illness.

Medical condition that affects a person's thoughts, emotions, and behaviors

‒Will be characterized as “maladaptive responses to stressors from the internal or external environment, evidenced by thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are incongruent with the local and cultural norms and that interfere with the individual’s social, occupational, and/or physical functioning”

300

Six indicators of mental health

1. Environmental mastery

2. Perception of reality

3.Positive attitude toward self

4.Growth, development, and the ability to achieve self-actualization

5.Integration

6. Autonomy

400

This guy created the hierarchy of needs/pyramid aiming for self-actualization.

Maslow

500

Hippocrates theorized that mental illness was caused by:

Bodily humors/humours

Tiger

100

This book is the "Bible" of mental health and psychiatry.

DSM-5 TR

200

What are the 2 main psychological responses to stress?

Anxiety and stress

300

This guy came up with id/ego/superego

Sigmund Freud

400

This part of the brain has higher level thinking/executive functioning.

Frontal lobe

500

This nurse established state asylums.

Dorothea Dix

Lion

100

Father of American psychiatry

Benjamin Rush

200

This level of anxiety can cause you to lose focus with reality leading to delusions/hallucinations/disorganized speech/catatonia.

Panic anxiety or severe anxiety

300

This part of the brain is to process sensory information from the body, including touch, temperature, pain, and pressure and spatial awareness

Parietal lobes

400

This part of the brain is to process visual information, including color, shape, and motion, 

Occipital lobe

500

This act 

•Funded education of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and psychiatric nurses

•Graduate-level education in psychiatric nursing was established during this period

National Mental Health Act of 1946

Bear

100

This condition is •Distress and impaired functioning for over 12 months after death of loved one

Prolonged grief disorder

200

What are some important neurotransmitters in mental health?

• Serotonin:Considered the "feel-good" neurotransmitter, it plays a major role in regulating mood, sleep, and appetite. Low serotonin levels can be linked to depression and anxiety. 

  
  
• Dopamine:Often called the "reward" neurotransmitter, it is involved in motivation, pleasure, and feelings of satisfaction. Imbalances in dopamine can be associated with conditions like schizophrenia and ADHD. 

  
  
• Norepinephrine: This neurotransmitter is important for alertness, focus, and the "fight-or-flight" response. 

  
  
• GABA (Gamma-aminobutyric acid):Acts as an inhibitory neurotransmitter, helping to calm the nervous system and reduce anxiety. 

  
  
• Epinephrine (adrenaline):Primarily involved in the body's physical response to stress, also impacting mood and alertness. 

  
  

300

•Called the “emotional brain”

Limbic System

400

This part of the brain is to process auditory information 

Temporal lobes

500

•Regulates heart rate, respiration, and reflexes

Brainstem --> medulla oblongata

Cheetah

100

Basic cell unit of the nervous system

Neuron

200

2 divisions of the Autonomic nervous system

Sympathetic and parasympathetic

300

This is strongly affected by cycles of light and darkness

Circadian rhythms

400

This means you use your talent, skills, experience, and knowledge to build relationships.

Therapeutic use of self

500

This concept is divided into 4 and is helpful for self-awareness.

Johari Window