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Mental Health
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The four healthy characteristics of mental and
emotional people include…
A sense of control
Being able to not overreact or being able to react
Ability to endure failures of frustrations
Move past and learn from mistakes
Ability to see events positively
Turning negative into a positive
Ability to express emotions in a healthy way
Being and assertive communicator vs aggressive or passive aggressive
Maslow Hierarchy of Needs
Maslow's Hierarchy
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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is a valuable
assessment tool that is used in many different
professions, particularly those in the fields of
education and health care. The ideas of needs
are addressed in order, as the body resolves
the most basic needs for survival before
moving on to more complex needs. In a sense,
Maslow’s hierarchy is a two-way street, a person
can spend a lifetime traveling between the two
extremes.
Throughout life, the idea of physiological needs
remains consistent. The need to maintain adequate
physiological balance will always be essential…
Food ,Water, Warmth,
Health
Safety needs may be different for each individual, depending
on where he or she is in life. For a child, this need may
manifest as the need for a safe family environment. There has
to be security in the home, with warmth and love
A sense of belonging can be felt when an individual becomes
more focused on the desire to build relationships with
others. This includes the desire for a romantic partner, to
have close friends, and maybe to get married and have
children
We can say that once a person has gained respect for
himself or herself, it is much harder to lose that respect or
to have it taken away. People on the higher end of self
esteem generally like who they are
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Self-actualizers are focused on what matters most in
defining who they are. Once self-respect is gained, the
individual can take a more proactive approach to bettering
themselves, as well as being able to remain focused on
resolving any dilemmas …
Self actualization
is the internal
dialogue that
everyone
establishes
at some point in
their lives.
Mental Health Vocabulary
Emotion the feeling that is produced in response to life
experiences
Defense mechanism an unconscious behavior that is used
to avoid experiencing
unpleasant emotions
Empathy the ability to understand another person’s feelings,
behaviors, and
Attitudes
Self-actualization the achievement of the best that a
person can be
Self-concept a measure of how one views oneself
Self-esteem a measure of how much one values, respects,
and feels confident
about oneself
Vocabulary Continued
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Mental health the state of mental wellbeing in which one can cope with the
demands of daily life
Symptom a change that a person notices in
his or her body or mind and that is caused
by a disease or disorder
Mental disorder an illness that affects a
person’s thoughts, emotions, and behaviors
Depression sadness and hopelessness that
keeps a person from carrying out everyday
activities
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
What is it?
A mental disorder that includes repeated racing
thoughts of anxiety that may included double
checking everyday safety concerns, ordering and
arranging materials in a perfection type manner
 Treatments for this disorder includes medication,
psychotherapy, and cognitive behavior therapy.
 How does this affect love ones?
 Makes it difficult for you to experience common
social situations with out disruption, you will have
to cope with the lifestyle of someone who suffers
from OCD, lastly, you may find it difficult to
maintain a long term relationship
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Eating Disorders
What is it?
Misconception of body image where the mind plays a
trick on your thinking and have the patient perceives
their image to be larger than what the actual image is.
This disorder effects the mind because of obsessive
behavior and thoughts about weight control
Symptoms may include..
Binge eating, purging (self vomiting) ,obsession with
weight, laxative abuse, starvation of oneself such as
anorexia
Treatment may include
Counseling, in and out of hospital rehabilitation,
Psychotherapy
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PTSD (post traumatic stress
disorder)
What is it?
The guilty feeling of a person that survived a traumatic
event that includes serious injury, death, fear, horror, and
helplessness.
Signs and symptoms
 Avoidance of the environment
 Environmental Arousal that may cause flashbacks of the
event
 Reliving the event may occur during dreams,
environmental factors, or memories of scents, feelings,
and surroundings which may trigger this to occur.
Treatment
 Group therapy/counseling , medication, cognitive
behavior therapy
How are family and loved ones
affected by a mental disorder?
It can be challenging to live with someone
who may have or has a mental disorder.
Some refuse to seek or accept treatment.
Others agree to treatment but still
continue to experience symptoms.
 What are some coping strategies that can
be used support the family and friends?
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How are family and loved ones
affected by a mental disorder?
Coping strategies cont.
 The family could help the mentally ill patient
by attending group therapy sessions
 Physical Activities- Let the person release
some steam through a physical activity such
as a sport, game, and yoga etc.
 Being supportive of the mentally ill person
 Intervention.
 Electothe
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