Mental Health
a state of well-being in which an individual realises his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community
What is mental health?
a recognisable set of symptoms and behaviours. Often requires medical, psychological or social interventions, from psychiatrists, psychologists, or other health professionals
What is mental illness (or psychological disorders)?
I am a therapy that pays little attention to thoughts and feelings (internal factors)
What are behaviour therapies?
TRUE or FALSE:
Mental health refers to the absence of a mental illness
FALSE
ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases – version 10)
The DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association.
What are the two main references used to diagnose mental disorders?
I am a model and am the best at demonstrating that individual and situational factors can interact with one another to influence the likelihood of mental illness
What is the Vulnerability-Stress/Diathesis-Stress Model?
Emotional wellbeing: experiencing positive emotions and the ability to regulate negative emotions
Social wellbeing: experiencing supportive, reciprocal, connected relationships
Physical wellbeing: experiencing good physical health
What is positive wellbeing?
Distress
Deviance
Dysfunction
What are the three D's that make up clinical significance disturbance?
I am a specific neurotransmitter involved in creating a highly reactive nervous system (and therefore, high anxiety responses)
What is GABA?
I am found on the Keyes' dual factor model of mental health and am constituted by high mental health and low mental illness
What is flourishing?
Diatheses + stress --> likelihood of developing a mental illness
What is the Diathesis-Stress/Vulnerability-Stress Model?
I am a therapy that is very effective at treating people, BUT I also cause extreme anxiety
what is exposure therapy?