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Mental Wellbeing
Stress, Anxiety, Phobia
4P and Biopsychosocial
Interventions
Maintaining Wellbeing
100
Our ability to cope with and manage change and uncertainty.
Resilience
100
A psychological and physiological response to a stressor that is usually short-term.
Stress
100
The 4 Ps.
Predisposing, precipitating, perpetuating, protective
100
The type of drug that enhances GABA to reduce anxiety.
Benzodiazepines (GABA agonists)
100
A factor that lowers the chance of developing a mental health problem.
Protective factor
200
The model that shows mental wellbeing as varying over time on a single line from healthy to unhealthy.
Mental wellbeing continuum
200
A state of worry or apprehension, often with no clear source.
Anxiety
200
The neurotransmitter whose dysfunction is a biological contributing factor to specific phobia.
GABA
200
The technique that slows breathing to reduce the physical symptoms of anxiety.
Breathing retraining
200
Two biological protective factors for maintaining mental wellbeing.
Adequate diet and adequate sleep
300
How well a person can independently complete daily tasks and adapt to change.
Level of functioning
300
An anxiety disorder with an excessive, persistent fear of an object or situation.
Specific phobia
300
The learning process that explains how a phobia is first acquired.
Classical conditioning (precipitation)
300
The psychological therapy that targets unhelpful thoughts and behaviours.
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
300
The psychological protective factor involving purposeful attention to the present moment.
Mindfulness meditation
400
The holistic view of health held by many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB)
400
How specific phobia differs from normal fear.
It is disproportionate to the threat and significantly disrupts daily functioning
400
The learning process that explains how a phobia is maintained through avoidance.
Operant conditioning (negative reinforcement)
400
The therapy that pairs relaxation with a fear hierarchy of gradual exposures.
Systematic desensitisation
400
The social protective factor where the people around you give practical and emotional help.
Support from family, friends and community
500
Name three of the seven SEWB domains.
Body, mind and emotions, family and kinship, community, culture, Country, spirituality and ancestors
500
The behaviour that keeps a phobia going because it removes anxiety.
Avoidance
500
The cognitive bias where a person predicts the worst possible outcome.
Catastrophic thinking
500
Giving accurate information to family and friends to challenge myths and reduce stigma.
Psychoeducation
500
The protective factor where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people keep and pass on culture.
Cultural continuity