psych mental health things Flashcards
(28 cards)
maladaptive behaviour
adaptive beviour to deal with reducing anxiety as a coping mechanism, difficult childhood experiences effect learning/brain development
adaptive behaviours
beviours align with the demans/environmnet of everyday life - avoiding dangers bc of reasonable fear
mental health
emotional and social response to cope with normal stresses of life
mental disorder
can severly distorts a person’s thought, emotions, perceptions & behaviours can seriously affect a person ability to function normally
psychosis
unable to distinguish between reality & imaginary worlds - schizophrenia
neurosis
difficultites with awarness of thoughts, feelings and behaviours - anxiety, depression, personality
dysfunctional biological factors
genetics, brain structure
dysfunctional psychological factors
personality & tempermental, lack of resilience, insecure, ambivulent or avoident, attachment between caregiver and child, deprived environmnets - truama, grief or loss
dysfunctional social factors
unhappy, financial insecurity, parental disinterest, natural disarsters
dysfunctional cultural factors
cultural norms
consequences on mental health
leads to mental disorders - anxiety, depression, Avoident behaviours for reducing stress - alcohol, drugs, food, self-harm, isolation, Long term consequences
mood disorders include:
major depressive episode –> hypermanic episode –> manic episode
bipolar disorder
constant up and down depressive episodes - disorder for life
personality disorders
destructive patterns that deviates from epectations of an individuals culture , difficulty percieving and relating to others -> generally life long
alcohol/drug & personality disorders
alcohol/drug ease the symptoms of PD –> aggresiveness, self-destructives, relationshsip problems and work dsyfunction
Antisocial disorders
deceptive and manipulative to gain personal benefit –> disregarding the wishes, rights and feelings of others, impulsive, irritability and aggression ==> may suddenly change jobs, or move residence.
borderline personality disorder
instbility in relationships, moods and self-image –> impulsive, self-damaging, suicidal behaviours, unstable mood and feeling of emptiness
psychotic disorders
loss touch w/ reality, trouble communication, sense of feelings, thoughts and perceptions ar eseverly altered. ==> delusions, hallucinations
schizophrenia
most common psychotic disorder, - affects ability to think, feel and act & loose touch with society
delusions
misinterpretation of perceptions or experiences
hallucinations
false perceptions in absences of sensory imput/disturbance of sensory perceptions –> auditory, olfactory, tactille, gustatory
anxiety disorder
generalised anxiety disorder (GAD)
obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
panic disorder
social phobia
specific phobia
PTSD
acute stress disorder (ASD)
anxiety disorders (elements)
emotional - tense, anxious/fearful
cognitive - worrying, not coping, lack of control
behavioural - avoiding the situations, not perfoming to best
psychological - bodily reactions, increased heart rate, rapid breathing and nausua
phobias
irrational fear of a specific object/situation - anxiety is out of proportion to actual danger/threat
