Mental Health Final Exam
Religion & spirituality are "among the most important factors that structure
human
, , & correct
answersexperience beliefs
values
behavior
illness
patters
Religion is defined as ... ? correct answersa formal, system of beliefs, usually
centering around some conception of God and expressing the views of a
particular religious community
Spirituality is defined as ...? correct answersa belief system focusing on
intangible elements that impact vitality and meaning to life's events
What are components of spirituality? correct answersMeaning, hope,
value, purpose, love, connectedness and for some God
What are examples of religion being seen as an impediment to
medicine? correct answersJehovah's Witness who refuses a life saving
blood transfusion
Christian scientist who refuses allopathic health care in favor of
a Reader Various religions that decry contraception or forbid
pregnancy termination
What are some key spiritual questions? correct
answersWho am I? Where do I come from?
Where am I going
to? Why?
A question of meaning correct answersIt is not as important what happens
to a person, as to the meaning that the person gives to what has happened
Science indicates that religion and spirituality might have importance for
&
correct
answershealth well-being
meaning and the play an important
role in one's not being afraid to die correct answersReligious
Strength of ones religious beliefs
What relevance might religion and spirituality have for current health
care practices? correct answersgreater physical and mental health
Lower rates of drug and alcohol abuse
, Increased quality of life
Enhanced recovery from
illness
Marital happiness and fewer
divorces happier and more
successful children increased life
expectancy
What is the healing power of prayer? correct answersPrayer and meditation
potentially blocks the cascade of stress hormones (adrenaline) that would
ordinarily boost blood pressure, dampen the immune system and damage a
variety of body systems
Meditation and the brain correct answersFrontal part of the brain (involved
with focusing attention and concentration) is more active during meditation.
Meditation requires a high degree of concentration
Parietal lobe has decreased activity (responsible for giving us a sense of
orientation in space and time)
A disease is first and foremost a human experience?
correct answersmeaningful
According to Lipowski, what are the 7 ways we view illness? correct
answersas a challenge, enemy, punishment, weakness, relief, strategy,
and as having value
A person's shapes their illness experiences? correct
answersspirituality
When we begin to seek after answers to these questions (who am I, where
do I come from, where am I going to, and why)... we begin to see the
quite correct
answersworld; differently
_ in _ people will have depression at some point in their life correct
answers1 in 4
WHO estimates that will be the 2nd most common cause of disability
worldwide (after heart disease) by 2020 correct answersDepression
Most people who become depressed do so as a result of there being
something wrong with their not their correct answerslives; personality
Most serious life events are (important relationships or life projects
fundamental to people's identities) correct answerslosses
How we deal with life events is affected by early or basic
correct
answersupbringing; core beliefs
A focus on forces us to ask different questions and in answering
these questions we begin to correct answersspirituality; care
differently
Religion & spirituality are "among the most important factors that structure
human
, , & correct
answersexperience beliefs
values
behavior
illness
patters
Religion is defined as ... ? correct answersa formal, system of beliefs, usually
centering around some conception of God and expressing the views of a
particular religious community
Spirituality is defined as ...? correct answersa belief system focusing on
intangible elements that impact vitality and meaning to life's events
What are components of spirituality? correct answersMeaning, hope,
value, purpose, love, connectedness and for some God
What are examples of religion being seen as an impediment to
medicine? correct answersJehovah's Witness who refuses a life saving
blood transfusion
Christian scientist who refuses allopathic health care in favor of
a Reader Various religions that decry contraception or forbid
pregnancy termination
What are some key spiritual questions? correct
answersWho am I? Where do I come from?
Where am I going
to? Why?
A question of meaning correct answersIt is not as important what happens
to a person, as to the meaning that the person gives to what has happened
Science indicates that religion and spirituality might have importance for
&
correct
answershealth well-being
meaning and the play an important
role in one's not being afraid to die correct answersReligious
Strength of ones religious beliefs
What relevance might religion and spirituality have for current health
care practices? correct answersgreater physical and mental health
Lower rates of drug and alcohol abuse
, Increased quality of life
Enhanced recovery from
illness
Marital happiness and fewer
divorces happier and more
successful children increased life
expectancy
What is the healing power of prayer? correct answersPrayer and meditation
potentially blocks the cascade of stress hormones (adrenaline) that would
ordinarily boost blood pressure, dampen the immune system and damage a
variety of body systems
Meditation and the brain correct answersFrontal part of the brain (involved
with focusing attention and concentration) is more active during meditation.
Meditation requires a high degree of concentration
Parietal lobe has decreased activity (responsible for giving us a sense of
orientation in space and time)
A disease is first and foremost a human experience?
correct answersmeaningful
According to Lipowski, what are the 7 ways we view illness? correct
answersas a challenge, enemy, punishment, weakness, relief, strategy,
and as having value
A person's shapes their illness experiences? correct
answersspirituality
When we begin to seek after answers to these questions (who am I, where
do I come from, where am I going to, and why)... we begin to see the
quite correct
answersworld; differently
_ in _ people will have depression at some point in their life correct
answers1 in 4
WHO estimates that will be the 2nd most common cause of disability
worldwide (after heart disease) by 2020 correct answersDepression
Most people who become depressed do so as a result of there being
something wrong with their not their correct answerslives; personality
Most serious life events are (important relationships or life projects
fundamental to people's identities) correct answerslosses
How we deal with life events is affected by early or basic
correct
answersupbringing; core beliefs
A focus on forces us to ask different questions and in answering
these questions we begin to correct answersspirituality; care
differently
