Chapter 9 " Mental Health & Disorders" Flashcards
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Mental illness
A disease or disturbance preventing your from having a happy life
Mental disorder
Used to describe a board range of health problems
Types of mental disorders
- Organic- disorder caused by physical illness or injury that affects the brain.
- functional-disorder resulting from one of many psychological caves (no brain damage)
Neurotic
Can’t cope with life problems
Paranoia
Appremension that interferes with normal activity
Anorexia
Loss of appetite
Depression
Condition characterized by sadness anxiety insomnia and withdrawn
Suicide
Taking of ones life
10th leading cause of death Among all ages
3rd among teens
Suicide reflected in person behavior
- depression
- lack of energy
- giving away possessions
- withdrawal from social activities
Defense mechanisms
Strategies used to cope with stressful situations
Dial
Refuses to accept reality
Escape fantasy
Dealing with problems through day dreaming
Rationalization
Making excuses instead of accepting your mistakes
Repression
Forgetting on purpose
Displacement
Expressing anger to other not associated with the situation
Projections
Blaming unpleasant actions on something else
Identification
Modeling behavior after that person
Compensate
Attempt to move up for something you did not receive
Types of conflicts
Interpersonal- conflict with someone else
Intrapersonal- conflict within
Drug therapy
Use of drugs to reduce mental disorder
Electroconvulsive therapy
Shock treatment
Group therapy
Meeting with others who have similar problems
Psychotherapy
Finding and understanding problems And solutions
