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Mental Health Test
flashcards for ninth grade mental health unit
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Wellness | the quality of lifestyle you choose in order to achieve your highest potential for well being |
| 5 Dimensions of Health | physical, mental/intellectual, social, emotional, spiritual |
| Holistic Effect | a healthful or risk behavior in any one of the ten components that may affect one or more of the other components - ripple effect |
| Healthful Behavior | action to prevent illness or accidents, PROMOTES HEALTH for you and others, or improves quality of environment |
| Risk Behavior | action that helps increase the likelihood of illness and accidents, THREATENS HEALTH for you and others, or helps destroy environment |
| Mental Health | state of mental well-being that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realize their abilities, learn well and work well, and contribute to their community |
| Characteristics of Good Mental Health | being comfortable with yourself, feeling good about your relationships, being able to meet the demands of life, being able to express emotions in a healthful way |
| Mental Illness | a person unable to cope successfully with the demands of life |
| Characteristics of Mental Illness | low self-esteem/self-concept, unable to relate to others, incapable of coping with personal problems, difficulty distinguishing among fantasy, imagination, and reality |
| Personality | an individual's unique pattern of characteristics |
| Four Characteristics that Influence Personality | heredity (traits from generations), environment (everything around you + its influence), culture (influence of people), self-concept (beliefs about yourself) |
| Self-Concept | the beliefs you have about yourself |
| Ideal-Self | conscience, voice inside your head |
| Public-Self | reputation, opinion you would like others to have of you |
| Private-Self | real you |
| Empathy | ability to understand and share the feelings of another |
| Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs | 1- physiological, 2- safety, 3- love/belonging, 4- esteem, 5- self-actualization |
| Physiological Needs | basic needs - food, water, sleep |
| Safety/Security | feeling safe from harm, safety of family home + resources |
| Love & Affection | giving + receiving love, maintain healthful relationships |
| Self Esteem | feeling of respect or self-worth, build esteem with each success |
| Self-Actualization | making full use of abilities, compared to playing piano (mastering steps that become more difficult), realizing talents + developing capabilities |
| A combined _____ children between the ages of 3 and 17 were diagnosed with either ADHD, anxiety, depression, or a behavioral disorder between 2016 and 2019 | 20 million |
| _____% of teens reported seriously considering a suicide attempt | 19% |
| Fight or Flight or Freeze | increase in heartbeat, increase in blood pressure, increase in breathing, increase in metabolism, tense muscles, sweat |
| Eustress | positive/good stress |
| Distress | negative/bad stress |
| Stressors | a situation or event that causes us to feel stressed |
| Biological Stressor | mental or physical illness/injury |
| Environmental Stressor | poverty, pollution, crowding, noises, and natural disaster |
| Cognitive (Thinking) Stressor | way you perceive a situation |
| Personal Behavior Stressor | negative reaction of the mind and body because of drugs, alcohol, etc. |
| Life Situations Stressor | death of someone or something, divorce, relationship troubles |
| Stress Response | body's reaction to a stressor, being burnt out |
| Suicide is the _____ leading cause of death for middle & high school students. | 2nd |
| _____% of all teens who die by suicide had a diagnosable mental illness. | 90% |
| What should you do if you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts? | tell an adult immediately |
| What can you do to relieve stress? | exercise, music, meditation, laughing, talk to someone, journaling, deep breathing, massage, drawing, etc |
| Grief | open expression of sorrow |
| Bereavement | period/time of mourning |
| Will | legal document that describes how a person's possessions are to be distributed and possible care for surviving family members |
| 5 States of Grief | denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance |
| Living Will | document of preference of medical treatment in the event of severe illness or injury |
| DNR | do not resuscitate - instructs healthcare providers not to do cpr if breathing or heartbeat stops - often selected by elderly or terminally ill |
| Hospice | facility or program of caring for terminally ill person and or counseling their families |
| Embalming | temporary preservation of the body using chemicals |
| Cremation | complete reduction of deceased body to ashes by intense heat |
| Interment | place where a person is laid to rest permanently |
| One organ donor can save up to _____ lives. | eight |
| DECIDE | define problem, explore alternatives, consider consequences, identify values, decide + take action, evaluate decision |
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