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| The sum of how we think, feel, relate and exist in our day to day lives, it incorporates mental, social, emotional and spiritual dimensions. |
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| Psychologically healthy people: |
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emotionally, spiritually, socially and mentally resilient.
-feel good about themselves
-meet the demands of life
-maintain a positive outlook
-value diversity
-contol tension and anxiety |
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Self actualization
Esteem needs
Social needs
Security needs
Survival needs |
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| Degree and nature of interpersonal contacts |
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| Network of people and services whom you share ties and receive support from |
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| An individual's sense of peace, purpose and connection to others. |
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| Factors affecting psychological health |
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- family
-social supports
-self efficacy/esteem
-life span and maturity
-personality-resiliency, emotional stability |
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| how the brain and behaviour effects the body's immune system |
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an uplifting feeling of inner peace:
-satisfaction with present life
-presence of positive emotions
-absence of negative emotions |
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| Disorders that disrupt thinking, feeling, moods and behaviour |
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| Strategies to enhance psychological health |
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-find a support group
-complete required tasks
-set realistic expectations
-maintain physical health |
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| experience of persistent emotional states- sadness, despair |
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| entails chronic mood disorder, physical effects such as sleep disturbance, mental effects such as: inability to concentrate |
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| milder than depression, chronic fatigue, pessimism |
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| Alternating mania and depression |
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| Seasonal Affective Disorder |
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| Depression that occurs in winter months when sunlight levels are low |
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| Persistent feelings of threat and worry in dealing with day to day problems- no.1 mental health problem in america |
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| Generalized anxiety disorder |
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| constant sense of worry affecting concentration, restlessness |
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| Severe anxiety reaction in which a particular situation causes terror |
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| a deep and persistent fear of a specific object, resulting in avoidance of the source of fear |
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| A phobia characterized by fear and avoidance of of social situations |
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| Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
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| Anxiety disorder characterized by repetitive behaviours, recurrent unwated thoughts- not OCD unless consumes an hour out of your day |
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| people who have experienced repeated failures at the same task, may give up and quit altogether |
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| Post Traumatic Stress Disorder |
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| A collection of symptoms that may occur as a delayed response to a serious trauma |
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| What causes anxiety disorders? |
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Biology
Environment
Social and cultural roles |
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| Irrational behaviour, alteration of the senses, inability to function in society |
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| Impact of thoughts and ideas on our feelings and behaviour |
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| Stimulus and response to alter behaviour patterns |
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| a class of mental disorder characterized by inflexible patterns of thought and beliefs that lead to socially distressing behaviour. |
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