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QuestionMental Health
Mental health successful adaption to stressorss from the internal or external environment evidenced by thoughts, feelings and behaviors that are age approiate and congruent with local and cultural norms
Maslow's physiological needs, safety and security, love and belonging, self esteem, self actulization
mental illness maladative responses to stressors form the internal or external environment, evidenced by htoughts, feelings and behaviors, that are inconguent with the local and cultural norms, and interfere with the individual's social, occupation or physical functioni
Selye Physical Responses of fight or flight syndrome
Selye's fight or flight stages alarm reaction stage, resistance, exhaustion
biological responses to flight or fight syn norepinephrine and epinephrine - >CO, HR, BP
mild anxiety no problem. day to day living stress. sharpens senses, > perception, heightened awareness
mild anxiety - relieve sleeping, eating, smoking, crying, nail bitting, finger tapping, yawning, drinking
moderate anxiety percetional field diminishes, less alert, < attention span and concentration, problem sovling only with assisstance
severe anxiety concentration centers on one particular detail only or mon meny extraneous details, severly anxious, HA, palpitations, insomnia, confussion, dread horror
panic anxiety unable to focus - wild and desperate actions or extreme withdrawal
neurosis ---experience NO loss of contact with reality
DSM_IV_TR psychoneurotic responses to severe anxiety anxiety, somatoform, dissociative disorders
anxiety disorder sym of anxiety - phobias, ocd, panic disorder, generlized anxiety disorder, post-tramatic disorder
somatoform disorders physical sym which there is no demonstrable organic pathology. hypochondriasis
dissociative disorder disruption in functions of consciousness, memory, identiy and ect...
psychosis loss of ego boundaries or a gross impairment in reality testing - presence of delusions or hallucinations
compensation covering up a real weakness by emphazing a trait one considers more desirable
displacement client is angry at his dr and takes it out on the nurse
identification boy in accident wants to be a therapist b/c of experiecnes
introjection integrate their parents value system into the process of conscience formation - don't cheat, it's wrong
isolation w/out showing any emotions, woman tells of being raped
projection strong sexual attration for teacher and she says 'he's coming on to me'
reaction formation you feel it is unacceptable so you show you love it when you hate it
repression accident victim can remember nother about the accident
sublimation child killed is now the head of mothers against drunk drivers
suppression do not want to think about that right now
undoing yells at wife then buys flowers for her
stages of grief denial, anger, barganing, depression, acceptance
DSM-IV-TR axis I-mental disorders, II - personality disorders and mental retardation, III- general medical conditions, IV - psychosocial and environmental problems, V- global assessment of functioning (GAF scale)
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