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Chapter 3, 4, 5
Mental & Emotional Health
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mental/emotional health | The ability to accept yourself & others, express & manage emotions, and deal with the demands & challenges you meet in life. |
| resilient | The ability to adapt effectively & recover from disappointment, difficulty or crisis. |
| self-esteem | How much you value, respect & feel confident about yourself. |
| competence | Having enough skills to do something. |
| hierarchy of needs | A ranked list of those needs essential to human growth & development, presented in ascending order, starting with basic needs & building toward the need for reaching your highest potential. |
| self-actualization | To strive to become the best you can be. |
| personal identity | Your sense of yourself as a unique individual. |
| role model | Someone whose success or behavior serves as an example for you. |
| personality | A complex set of characteristics that make you unique. |
| character | The qualities that describe how a person thinks, feels and behaves. |
| integrity | a firm observance of core ethical values |
| constructive criticism | Non-hostile comments that point out problems & encourage improvement |
| emotions | Signals that tell your mind & body how to react |
| hormones | Chemicals produced by your glands that regulate the activities of different body cells. |
| hostility | The intentional use of unfriendly or offensive behavior |
| empathy | The ability to imagine & understand how someone else feels |
| defense mechanisms | Mental processes that protect individuals from strong or stressful emotions & situations |
| perception | The act of becoming aware through the senses |
| stressor | Anything that causes stress |
| psychosomatic response | A physical reaction, which results from stress rather than from injury or illness |
| chronic stress | stress associated with long-term problems that are beyond a person's control |
| relaxation response | A state of calm |
| stages of grief | A variety of reactions that may surface as an individual makes sense of how a loss affects him or her |
| closure | Acceptance of a loss |
| coping | Dealing successfully with difficult changes in your life |
| mourning | The act of showing sorrow or grief |
| traumatic event | Any event that has a stressful impact that overwhelm your normal coping strategies |
| anxiety | Feeling uneasy or worried about what may happen |
| depression | Prolonged feeling of helplessness, hopelessness & sadness. |
| apathy | A lack of strong feeling, interest or concern. |
| mental disorder | An illness of the mind that can affect the thoughts, feelings & behaviors of a person, preventing the person from leading a happy, healthful & productive life. |
| stigma | A mark of shame of disapproval that results in an individual being shunned or rejected by others. |
| anxiety disorder | A condition in which real or imagined fears are difficult to control |
| mood disorder | Illness that involves mood extremes that interfere with everyday living |
| conduct disorder | Patterns of behavior inn which the rights of others or basic social rules are violated |
| alienation | Feeling isolated & separated from everyone else. |
| suicide | Intentionally taking one's own life. |
| cluster suicides | A series of suicides occurring within a short period of time & involve several people in nthe same school or community. |
| psychotherapy | An ongoing dialogue between a patient & a mental health professional. |
| behavior therapy | A treatment process that focuses on changing unwanted behavior through rewards & reinforcement |
| cognitive therapy | A treatment method designed to identify & correct distorted thinking patterns that can lead to feelings & behaviors that may be troublesome, self-defeating or self-destructive. |
| family therapy | Helping the family function in more positive & constructive ways by exploring the patterns inn communication & providing support & education. |
| group therapy | Treating a group of people who have similar problems. |
| drug therapy | The use of certain medications to treat or reduce the symptoms of a mental disorder. |
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Mrs.Coons
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