Mental and Emotional Study Guide

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1. Wellness is a balance of dimensions:  Physical  ______ Intellectual  Social 2. Physical Health  Refers to how well your ______functions  Qualities of a ______body 3. Emotional Health  Your mood and how you ______about yourself  How you view the world 4. Intellectual Health  Ability to think ______and critically  Ability to learn and solve ______. 5. Social Health  Communication skills  Relationships  Ability to ______with others. 6. The range of a person’s health status can be described as a ______. 7. Communication Skills:  I-Message: expresses your ______or ______on a subject.  You-Message: is a statement that ______or ______another person. 8. Listening Skills: is the way you respond in ______to show that you ______and ______what the speaker is saying.  Active Listening includes clarifying, ______, summarizing, or ______what was said. 9. Environment:  Positive Social-Emotional: exists when you receive plenty of social-emotional ______.  Negative Social-Emotional: exists when you experience too many social- emotional ______. 10.Resiliency: Able to ______back. 11.Decision Making  Define the ______.  Explore alternatives.  Select the best option.  Act on your decision.  Evaluate your decision. 12.A person who has an ______decision-making style fails to make choices. 13.Reactive decision-making style is a habit in which a person allows others to make his or her decisions. 14.The proactive decision-making style when a person describes the situation that requires a decision, ______and evaluates possible decisions, makes a decision, and takes responsibility for the outcome. 15.Emotional Health - Emotions are the moods or ______you experience. 16.Managing Emotions:  First, identify the ______you are feeling.  Second, try to acknowledge and accept the emotions.  Third, ______your emotions.  Finally, find a way to make yourself feel better. 17. Emotional Intelligence  People with high emotional intelligence can identify the ______they are feeling.  They also understand the emotions of others.  They have high levels of ______.  They are able to express their emotions in healthy, positive ways. 18.Self-Image: Your mental picture of yourself. 19.Self-Esteem: Self-esteem describes how you feel about yourself. 20.Self-actualization is the feeling that you are becoming the best person you can be. 21.According to psychologist Abraham ______, self-actualization occurs only after you meet your basic needs. Basic needs, ______, Love and Acceptance, Esteem, Self-Actualization 22.Anxiety - Symptoms of anxiety include:  Increased heart rate  Rapid ______ Sweaty palms  Upset stomach 23.Stress: Response of the body to the demands of daily living. (physical & mental) 24.Stressor: Cause or source of stress 25.Eustress: ______stress 26.Distress: Bad stress 27.Stress: Stress may be . . .  ______(sudden and short-lived) or ______(lasting over a long time period).  Caused by major events or daily struggles  Positive as well as negative 28.The body can manage ______stress, but chronic stress harms the body. 29.Mind-Body Connection: The relationship between a person’s thoughts, emotions, and bodily responses. 30.Psychosomatic diseases - illness or disorder caused by an ______response. 31.Stages of Stress - The body responds to stress in three stages:  Alarm  ______ Exhaustion 32.Fight-or-flight response symptoms:  Heart rate, blood flow, breathing, and sweat production increase  Pupils widen  Other body processes are stopped or slowed 33.Stress and the Body Systems:  Nervous system—the brain, sensing a threat, sends out signals to mobilize the body.  Endocrine system—produces stress hormones, ______and norepinephrine.  Cardiovascular system—pumps blood at a faster rate.  Immune system—gets fewer resources to produce disease-fighting lymphocytes.  Reproductive system—stress hormones such as ______cause sex hormones to decrease, reducing fertility. 34.Stress and Your Intellectual and Emotional Health: 35.Stress affects ______abilities (thinking and reasoning). 36.Stress can cause many emotions: fear, anxiety, helplessness, anger, shock, or numbness. 37.Chronic stress can lead to ______, a feeling of low self-worth and disinterest in life. 38.Extremely stressful events can cause post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD 39.Stress can lead to behavioral problems 40.Managing Stress:  Manage time  Set limits by saying no when too busy  Stay ______ Distract yourself  Laugh  Use relaxation techniques  Take care of yourself  Express feelings to a friend or in a journal 41.Depression - is a feeling of ______, loneliness, and inability to care about anything. 42.Depression that lasts a long time or is especially severe is called ______depression or clinical depression. 43.Symptoms of Depression include:  Extreme tiredness and lack of energy  Difficulty ______ Difficulty concentrating  Irritability, anger, and hostility  Recurrent thoughts of death 44.Mental Disorder - a behavioral or psychological syndrome or pattern that occurs in an individual and that is associated with ______or disability or with significantly increased risk of suffering, death, pain, disability, or an important loss of freedom. 45.Codependency – Tries to ______the problem, an enabler 46.Enabler – Supports harmful behavior 47.Anxiety Disorders:  Panic disorder causes panic attacks (episodes of intense fear).  Generalized anxiety disorder causes extreme or ______worries over daily experiences.  Phobias are unrealistic fears about an object or situation (e.g., social phobia or social anxiety disorder).  Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) causes obsessive thoughts and behavior.  Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) occurs after a ______event or experience.  Bipolar disorder -Recurring depression alternating with ______, a hyperactive mood with poor judgment, little need for sleep, and a lack of self-control.  Schizophrenia: A disorder in which there is a breakdown in ______thought processes.  Personality disorders: A consistent pattern of ______, ______.  Antisocial personality disorder disregard rules and are indifferent to other people’s ______and feelings.  Borderline personality disorder (BPD) a disorder having unstable self-esteem and ______. 48.Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) - have problems with normal interpersonal interactions. 49.Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD):  Difficulty focusing, organizing and completing tasks, sitting still, and listening to instructions  Becoming ______quickly  Talking too much or blurting out inappropriate things 50.Causes of Mental Illness:  Biological factors – Genetics, Brain Injury, Prenatal Environment  Environmental factors – Stressful Events,  Psychological factors – Cognitive Disorders 51.Suicide: 52.Suicide: the ______taking of one’s own life. 53.Risk Factors:  Past suicide attempts  A history of mental illness or substance abuse  Troubled ______environment  Crisis such as financial hardship  Experience of abuse, neglect, or bullying  Hearing about someone else who has committed suicide (this can lead to a suicide contagion or suicide ______, in which others copy the behavior)