Nurs 3500 - Mental Health: Questions With Valid
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An attempt to increase self-worth by acquiring certain attributes and
characteristics of an individual one admires
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1 identification 2 mental health
3 intellectualization 4 Alarm reaction stage
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mental health the successful adaptation to stressors from the
internal or external environment, evidenced by
thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are age
appropriate and congruent with local and cultural
norms
, mental illness maladaptive responses to stressors from the internal
or external environment, evidenced by thoughts,
feelings, and behaviors that are incongruent with the
local and cultural norms, and interfere with the
individual's social, occupational, and/or physical
functioning
Incomprehensibility the inability of the general population to understand
the motivation behind the behavior
Cultural relativity behaviors are seen as "normal" or "abnormal"
according to their cultural norms
Alarm reaction stage the responses of the fight-or-flight syndrome are
initiated.
Stage of resistance The individual uses the physiological responses of
the first stage as a defense in an attempt to adapt to
the stressor. If adaptation occurs, the third stage is
prevented or delayed. Physiological symptoms may
disappear.
Stage of exhaustion there is a prolonged exposure to the stressor to
which the body has become adjusted. The adaptive
energy is depleted, and the individual can no longer
draw from the resources for adaptation described in
the first two stages. Diseases of adaptation (e.g.,
headaches, mental disorders, coronary artery
disease, ulcers, colitis) may occur. Without
intervention for reversal, exhaustion or even death
ensues
anxiety An emotional state of high energy, with the stress
response as the body's reaction to it.
grief A period of deep sorrow
compensation Covering up a real or perceived weakness by
emphasizing a trait one considers more desirable
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Practice questions for this set
Learn 1 /7 Study using Learn
An attempt to increase self-worth by acquiring certain attributes and
characteristics of an individual one admires
Choose an answer
1 identification 2 mental health
3 intellectualization 4 Alarm reaction stage
Don't know?
Terms in this set (87)
mental health the successful adaptation to stressors from the
internal or external environment, evidenced by
thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are age
appropriate and congruent with local and cultural
norms
, mental illness maladaptive responses to stressors from the internal
or external environment, evidenced by thoughts,
feelings, and behaviors that are incongruent with the
local and cultural norms, and interfere with the
individual's social, occupational, and/or physical
functioning
Incomprehensibility the inability of the general population to understand
the motivation behind the behavior
Cultural relativity behaviors are seen as "normal" or "abnormal"
according to their cultural norms
Alarm reaction stage the responses of the fight-or-flight syndrome are
initiated.
Stage of resistance The individual uses the physiological responses of
the first stage as a defense in an attempt to adapt to
the stressor. If adaptation occurs, the third stage is
prevented or delayed. Physiological symptoms may
disappear.
Stage of exhaustion there is a prolonged exposure to the stressor to
which the body has become adjusted. The adaptive
energy is depleted, and the individual can no longer
draw from the resources for adaptation described in
the first two stages. Diseases of adaptation (e.g.,
headaches, mental disorders, coronary artery
disease, ulcers, colitis) may occur. Without
intervention for reversal, exhaustion or even death
ensues
anxiety An emotional state of high energy, with the stress
response as the body's reaction to it.
grief A period of deep sorrow
compensation Covering up a real or perceived weakness by
emphasizing a trait one considers more desirable
