Final Sac

Question 1

Mental Wellbeing

Answer 1

The ability to cope with stress in life it involves our emotionally, psychologically and socially being healthy and secure

Question 2

Levels of functioning

Answer 2

refers to the degree to which an individual can complete day to day tasks in an independent and effective manner.

Question 3

High levels of functioning

Answer 3

• carry out everyday basic tasks

-productive in daily tasks

-set goals and take steps to achieve them

-independent

-adapt to changes in environment

Question 4

Low levels of functioning

Answer 4

• Struggle to carry out everyday tasks
• feeling tired which decreases productivity
• lack direction or able to set goals in life

-unable to cope with changes in the environment

Question 5

Resilience

Answer 5

ability to cope and manage change and uncertainty

Question 6

High levels of Resilience

Answer 6

• seek solutions to problems
• use appropriate coping strategies
• flexible in changing circumstances
• optimistic and hopeful

Question 7

Low levels of resilience

Answer 7

• experience enduring feelings of being overwhelmed when problems arise
• rely on unhealthy or unhelpful coping strategies
• be unable to adapt to change
• lack hope and optimism

Question 8

Social wellbeing

Answer 8

ability to form and maintain healthy relationships with others

Question 9

High levels of social wellbeing

Answer 9

• strong support network
• able to form and maintain meaningful relationships
• able to effectively communicate with others

Question 10

Low levels of social wellbeing

Answer 10

• isolated or lack support from others
• difficulty forming and maintaining meaningful relationships
• struggle to effectively communicate with others

Question 11

Emotional wellbeing

Answer 11

ability to regulate one’s own emotions

Question 12

High levels of emotional wellbeing

Answer 12

• aware of own and other’s current emotional state
• experience a wide range of emotions
• express emotions at appropriate times

Question 13

Low levels of emotional wellbeing

Answer 13

• unable to understand or name their own emotions and other’s
• unable to experience certain emotions
• express emotions at inappropriate times

Question 14

Multidimensional

Answer 14

made up of different components

Question 15

holistic

Answer 15

reflects an approach to wellbeing that considers the whole person including mental, social, physical and spiritual needs.

Question 16

Mental Wellbeing as a continuum

Answer 16

changes over time depending on the person’s psychological state at that point in time

Question 17

Stress

Answer 17

A psychological and physiological response that occurs when something demands attention or effort to cope

Question 18

Anxiety

Answer 18

psychological and physiological response that involves feelings of worry and apprehension about a percieved threat

Question 19

Specific Phobia

Answer 19

excessive or disproportionate fear over a particular stimulus

Question 20

Similarities between anxiety and stress

Answer 20

both on the ‘functioning’ on the Mental Health continuum

Experienced from time to time

Question 21

Differences between anxiety and stress

Answer 21

Stress - response to a threat in a situation

Anxiety - reaction to the stress

Question 22

Protective factors

Answer 22

influences that enable an individual to promote and maintain high levels of MWB

Question 23

Biological PF

Answer 23

Adequate hydration, sleep and nutrition

Question 24

Psychological PF - Cognitive Behavioural Strategies

Answer 24

Cognitive - Replacing dysfunctional thoughts with functional ones

Behavioural - Replacing dysfunctional behaviour with functional ones

Question 25

Psychological PF - Meditation

Answer 25

focus on present experiences to promote calmness and peacefulness

Question 26

Social PF

Answer 26

Genuine and effective assistance from friends, family and other close people/community

Question 27

Biological Factors - GABA Dysfunction

Answer 27

The insufficient neural transmission or reception to GABA in the body, it prevents overexcitation and uncontrolled firing of the PSN

Question 28

Biological Factors - LTP (Long Term Potentiation)

Answer 28

long lasting and experiences that strengthen the synaptic connections which are regularly activated

Question 29

Precipitation

Answer 29

Trigger, normally through Classical Conditioning

Question 30

perpetuation

Answer 30

Maintain Phobia, normally through Operant Conditioning

Question 31

Cognitive Bias

Answer 31

predisposition to think and process information in a certain way

Question 32

Memory Bias

Answer 32

inaccurate or overexagerated memory of events that make the memory worse than what it was

Question 33

Catastrophic Thinking

Answer 33

Event or stimulus is predicted to make it worse than it normally seems

Question 34

Social Factors - Specific Environmental Triggers

Answer 34

Stimuli in someones environment that elicits an extreme stress response

Question 35

Social Factor - Stigma

Answer 35

Feeling of shame or disgrace when seeking help

Question 36

Biological intervention - GABA agonist

Answer 36

a type of drug that imitates neurotransmitters and works to imitate a neural response

Question 37

Biological Intervention - Benzodiazpenes

Answer 37

anti anxiety drugs that lower the activity in the CNS. They are taken in small doses as they are addictive and makes you more drowsy

Question 38

Biological Intervention - Breathing Retaining

Answer 38

slow breathing technique that manages the effects of hyperventilation. It calms the NS and lowers anxiety

Question 39

Psychological intervention - Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Answer 39

Changes negative thoughts to positive behaviour, it uses a combination of verbal and behavioural techniques to help change irrational patterns of thinking.

Question 40

Psychological Intervention - Systematic Desenisitiation

Answer 40

First teach relaxation techniques then if that fails they expose an individual to a fear heiarchy with slowly exposing higher levels of fear

Question 41

Social Intervention - Psychoeducation

Answer 41

Challenging unrealistic thoughts and behaviours. Also discourages avoidance behaviours