Mental health/wellbeing

Question 1

What is wellbeing?

Answer 1

A state in which an individual is mentally, physically and socially healthy and secure

Question 2

What is mental wellbeing?

Answer 2

An individuals psychological state, indicating their ability to think, process information and regulate emotions.

Question 3

What are the ways of considering mental wellbeing?

Answer 3

Resilience
Levels of functioning
Social wellbeing
Emotional wellbeing

Question 4

What is resilience?

Answer 4

The ability to cope with and manage change and uncertainty.
High levels- seeks solutions to problems.
Low levels- lack hope and optimism.

Question 5

What is levels of functioning?

Answer 5

The degree to which an individual can complete day to day tasks in an independent and effective manner.
High levels- be productive in completing daily tasks.
Low levels- lack direction and unable to set goals.

Question 6

What is social wellbeing?

Answer 6

The ability for an individual to form and maintain meaningful bonds with others, and adapt to different social situations.
High levels- have a strong support network.
Low levels- be isolated and have lack of support from others.

Question 7

What is emotional wellbeing?

Answer 7

The ability for an individual to appropriately control and express their own emotions in an adaptive way, as well as understand emotions in others.
High levels- experience a range of emotions.
Low levels- expressing emotions at inappropriate time and places.

Question 8

What is the social and emotional wellbeing framework? (SEWB)

Answer 8

A framework that includes all elements of being, and therefore wellbeing, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people.

Question 9

What is in the SEWB framework?

Answer 9

Connection to body
Connection to mind and emotions
Connection to family and kinship
Connection to community
Connection to culture
Connection to country
Connection to

Question 10

What is connection to body?

Answer 10

Connecting to the physical body and health in order to participate fully in all aspects of life.

Question 11

What is connection to mind and emotions?

Answer 11

Ability to effectively manage
thoughts and feelings.

Question 12

What is connection to family and kinship?

Answer 12

Connecting to immediate and
wider family group.

Question 13

What is connection to community?

Answer 13

Connecting to wider social systems, allowing families to connect with and support one another.

Question 14

What is connection to country?

Answer 14

Connecting to traditional lands
of a particular language or cultural group, both geographically as well as spiritually, emotionally, and
intellectually.

Question 15

What is connection to spirituality and ancestors?

Answer 15

Connecting to all things, shaping
beliefs, values, and behaviors, and guiding knowledge systems and culture. Understanding that one’s ancestors are connected with Creation spirits and Country and guide and protect families in the physical and
spiritual world.

Question 16

What is the mental wellbeing continuum?

Answer 16

A tool used to track fluctuating mental wellbeing.

Question 17

What is stress?

Answer 17

A state of mental which describes our emotional and physiological tension from a existing stressors.

Question 18

What is anxiety?

Answer 18

A psychological and physiological response that involves feelings of worry and apprehension by a perceived threat.

Question 19

What is specific phobia?

Answer 19

A type of diagnosable anxiety disorder that is categorized by an excessive fear when encountering the encounter of a particular stimulus.

Question 20

What is the biopsychosocial approach?

Answer 20

A holistic interdisciplinary framework for understanding the human experience in terms of the influence of biological, psychological and social factors.

Question 21

What are biological factors?

Answer 21

Internal, genetic and/or physiological based factors. Such as a GABA dysfunction and long term potentiation.

Question 22

What is GABA?

Answer 22

Its the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the nervous system.

Question 23

What is long-term potentiation?

Answer 23

The long-lasting and experience-dependent strengthening of synaptic connections that are regularly coactivated.

Question 24

What is psychological factors?

Answer 24

Internal factors relating to an individuals mental health processes, including their cognition, affect, thoughts, beliefs and attitudes. This includes classical conditioning, operant conditioning and cognitive bias.

Question 25

What are precipitating factors?

Answer 25

Factors that start and develop a phobia most noted in classical conditioning.

Question 26

What are perpetuating factors?

Answer 26

Factors that continues the phobia most noted in operant conditioning.

Question 27

What is cognitive bias?

Answer 27

A predisposition to think about and process information in a certain way.

Question 28

What is memory bias?

Answer 28

When a memory is over exaggerated caused by the phobia.

Question 29

What is catastrophic thinking?

Answer 29

When an individual thinks something bad will occur if they come into contact with the phobia.

Question 30

What are social factors?

Answer 30

External factors that contributes to an individuals interactions with the external environment such as relationships and community involvement. This includes environment triggers and stigma.

Question 31

What is environmental triggers?

Answer 31

Stimuli that occurs in a individuals environment that can evoke high stress leading to a phobia.

Question 32

What is stigma?

Answer 32

The feeling of hopelessness and shame experienced by an individual.

Question 33

What is an agonist?

Answer 33

a type of drug that imitates neurotransmitters and works to initiate a neural response (excitatory or inhibitory) when it binds to the receptor sites of a neuron.

Question 34

What is Benzodiazepine?

Answer 34

a type of medication that depresses central nervous system activity and is often used as a short-acting anti anxiety medication

Question 35

What is breathing retraining?

Answer 35

A method where breathing techniques are taught in order to reduce physiological arousal

Question 36

What is systematic desensitization?

Answer 36

When a patient is incrementally exposed to the fear stimuli in combination with relaxation techniques in order to overcome a phobia.

Question 37

What is cognitive behaviour therapy? (CBT)

Answer 37

A form of psychotherapy that encourages individuals to substitute dysfunctional cognition and behaviours with more adaptive ones.

Question 38

What is pychoeducation?

Answer 38

To teach families and supporters of individuals to better understand their mental disorder and deal/ treat their disorder.

Question 39

What is protective factors?

Answer 39

Influences that enable an individual to promote and maintain high levels of mental well-being

Question 40

What is biological protective factors?

Answer 40

Influences that stem from an individuals brain and/or body that can maintain or promote mental wellbeing. This includes sleep and adequate nutrition and hydration.

Question 41

What is psychological protective factors?

Answer 41

Influences that relate to mental processes that can maintain and promote mental well-being. This includes cognitive behavioural strategies and mindfulness meditation.

Question 42

What is cognitive behavioural strategies?

Answer 42

Techniques that utilise traits of cognitive behavioural therapy, particularly recognising and changing dysfunctional thoughts and behavioural patterns.

Question 43

What’s mindful meditation?

Answer 43

The practice of meditation in which an individual focuses on their present experience to promote feelings of calm and peace.

Question 44

What is social protective factors?

Answer 44

Influences that exist in an individual’s social environment that can maintain and promote mental wellbeing. This includes support from family, friends and the community.