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definition of mental health vs mental illness
mental health:
-state of wellbeing in one's own abilities & normal stresses of life
-only in a complete state of wellbeing when physical, mental, and social well being is intact
mental illness:
-disturbance in a person's cognition, emotions, or behaviors
primary gain vs secondary gain
primary: anxiety is diverted to the physical problem (ex: stressing over final, deciding to skip it = no more
anxiety)
secondary: receiving attention from another (ex: attention from teacher, classmates, etc)
,repression vs regression
repression
-suppressing a thought or desire so it remains unconscious
ex: child gets bitten by a dog & develops intense phobia of dogs later in adulthood & doesn't remember
experience as a child
regression
-defense mechanism where person reverts back to an earlier stage of development
ex: in periods of stress, person may revert to bedwetting or thumb sucking
define displacement
defense mechanism where it involves an individual transferring negative feelings from one person or thing
to another
ex: a person who is angry at their boss and may take out their anger on a family member
,define rationalization
Making excuses for actions or feelings
ex: person is rejected by crush & rationalizes situation by saying they were not attracted to other person
anyway
define intellectualization
defense mechanism where person avoid uncomfortable emotions by focusing on facts & logic
ex: if person A is rude to person B, person B may think about possible reasons for person A's behavior
what are the stages of grief?
denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
describe denial stage of grief
-avoiding reality & may act like nothing happened
-allows an adjustment period to gather coping strategies for grieving
, describe anger stage of grief
-occurs once reality is real
-expressed in many ways, like crying, expressions of self-blame and guilt
-sometimes anger can turn inwards, which results in physical illness and/or psychological dysfunction
describe bargaining stage of grief
-an attempt to postpone acceptance of reality
-frequent labile moods
-continued anger & unwillingness to accept loss
describe depression stage of grief
-deep sense of loss as reality of what happened or anticipated settles
-may withdraw from social interaction
-predominant affect is feelings or emptiness or loss
-sadness & grief can be intertwined w/ good days of positive emotions
-sometimes this period can be overwhelming & recovery from depth of sorrow unlikely w/o professional
help
definition of mental health vs mental illness
mental health:
-state of wellbeing in one's own abilities & normal stresses of life
-only in a complete state of wellbeing when physical, mental, and social well being is intact
mental illness:
-disturbance in a person's cognition, emotions, or behaviors
primary gain vs secondary gain
primary: anxiety is diverted to the physical problem (ex: stressing over final, deciding to skip it = no more
anxiety)
secondary: receiving attention from another (ex: attention from teacher, classmates, etc)
,repression vs regression
repression
-suppressing a thought or desire so it remains unconscious
ex: child gets bitten by a dog & develops intense phobia of dogs later in adulthood & doesn't remember
experience as a child
regression
-defense mechanism where person reverts back to an earlier stage of development
ex: in periods of stress, person may revert to bedwetting or thumb sucking
define displacement
defense mechanism where it involves an individual transferring negative feelings from one person or thing
to another
ex: a person who is angry at their boss and may take out their anger on a family member
,define rationalization
Making excuses for actions or feelings
ex: person is rejected by crush & rationalizes situation by saying they were not attracted to other person
anyway
define intellectualization
defense mechanism where person avoid uncomfortable emotions by focusing on facts & logic
ex: if person A is rude to person B, person B may think about possible reasons for person A's behavior
what are the stages of grief?
denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
describe denial stage of grief
-avoiding reality & may act like nothing happened
-allows an adjustment period to gather coping strategies for grieving
, describe anger stage of grief
-occurs once reality is real
-expressed in many ways, like crying, expressions of self-blame and guilt
-sometimes anger can turn inwards, which results in physical illness and/or psychological dysfunction
describe bargaining stage of grief
-an attempt to postpone acceptance of reality
-frequent labile moods
-continued anger & unwillingness to accept loss
describe depression stage of grief
-deep sense of loss as reality of what happened or anticipated settles
-may withdraw from social interaction
-predominant affect is feelings or emptiness or loss
-sadness & grief can be intertwined w/ good days of positive emotions
-sometimes this period can be overwhelming & recovery from depth of sorrow unlikely w/o professional
help
