NR 326-Mental Health Exam 1
Mental health - -The successful adaptation to stressors from the internal or
external environment, evidenced
by thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are age appropriate and congruent
with local and cultural norms.
-Mental illness - -Your mind's way of dealing w/stress in terms of anxiety &
grief in a negative or positive
way.
-Anxiety - -A diffuse apprehension that is vague in nature and is associated
with feelings of uncertainty and
helplessness.
-Mild anxiety - -Type of anxiety that is seldom a problem; learning is
enhanced.
-Moderate anxiety - -Type of anxiety in which the perceptual field
diminishes
-Severe anxiety - -Type of anxiety where the perceptual fields are so
diminished that concentration centers on one detail only or on many
extraneous details
-Panic anxiety - -The most intense state of anxiety; learning can't occur;
unable to focus on even one detail.
-MASLOWS HIERARCHY OF NEEDS - -1. Physiological needs 2. Safety needs
3. Belongingness and love needs 4. Esteem needs 5. Self-actualization needs
-Compensation - -Covering up a real or perceived weakness by emphasizing
a trait one considers more
desirable.
-Rationalization - -Attempting to make excuses or formulate logical reasons
to justify unacceptable feelings
or behaviors.
-Denial - -Refusing to acknowledge the existence of a real situation or the
feelings associated with it.
-Reaction formation** - -Preventing unacceptable or undesirable thoughts
or behaviors from being expressed
by exaggerating opposite thoughts or types of behaviors.
, -Displacement - -The transfer of feelings from one target to another that is
considered less threatening or that
is neutral.
-Regression - -Retreating in response to stress to an earlier level of
development and the comfort measures
associated with that level of functioning.
-Identification - -An attempt to increase self-worth by acquiring certain
attributes and characteristics of an
individual one admires.
-Repression - -Involuntarily blocking unpleasant feelings and experiences
from one's awareness
-Intellectualization - -An attempt to avoid expressing actual emotions
associated with a stressful situation by
using the intellectual processes of logic, reasoning, and analysis.
-Sublimation - -Rechanneling of drives or impulses that are personally or
socially unacceptable into activities
that are constructive.
-Introjection - -Integrating the beliefs and values of another individual into
one's own ego structure.
-Suppression - -The voluntary blocking of unpleasant feelings and
experiences from one's awareness.
-Isolation - -Separating a thought or memory from the feeling, tone, or
emotion associated with it.
-Undoing - -Symbolically negating or canceling out an experience that one
finds intolerable.
-Projection - -Attributing feelings or impulses unacceptable to one's self to
another person.
-Dichotomous Thinking - -Individual views situations in terms of all or
nothing, black or white, good or bad.
-Selective abstraction - -A conclusion that's based on only a selected
portion of evidence-usually negative evidence.
Mental health - -The successful adaptation to stressors from the internal or
external environment, evidenced
by thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are age appropriate and congruent
with local and cultural norms.
-Mental illness - -Your mind's way of dealing w/stress in terms of anxiety &
grief in a negative or positive
way.
-Anxiety - -A diffuse apprehension that is vague in nature and is associated
with feelings of uncertainty and
helplessness.
-Mild anxiety - -Type of anxiety that is seldom a problem; learning is
enhanced.
-Moderate anxiety - -Type of anxiety in which the perceptual field
diminishes
-Severe anxiety - -Type of anxiety where the perceptual fields are so
diminished that concentration centers on one detail only or on many
extraneous details
-Panic anxiety - -The most intense state of anxiety; learning can't occur;
unable to focus on even one detail.
-MASLOWS HIERARCHY OF NEEDS - -1. Physiological needs 2. Safety needs
3. Belongingness and love needs 4. Esteem needs 5. Self-actualization needs
-Compensation - -Covering up a real or perceived weakness by emphasizing
a trait one considers more
desirable.
-Rationalization - -Attempting to make excuses or formulate logical reasons
to justify unacceptable feelings
or behaviors.
-Denial - -Refusing to acknowledge the existence of a real situation or the
feelings associated with it.
-Reaction formation** - -Preventing unacceptable or undesirable thoughts
or behaviors from being expressed
by exaggerating opposite thoughts or types of behaviors.
, -Displacement - -The transfer of feelings from one target to another that is
considered less threatening or that
is neutral.
-Regression - -Retreating in response to stress to an earlier level of
development and the comfort measures
associated with that level of functioning.
-Identification - -An attempt to increase self-worth by acquiring certain
attributes and characteristics of an
individual one admires.
-Repression - -Involuntarily blocking unpleasant feelings and experiences
from one's awareness
-Intellectualization - -An attempt to avoid expressing actual emotions
associated with a stressful situation by
using the intellectual processes of logic, reasoning, and analysis.
-Sublimation - -Rechanneling of drives or impulses that are personally or
socially unacceptable into activities
that are constructive.
-Introjection - -Integrating the beliefs and values of another individual into
one's own ego structure.
-Suppression - -The voluntary blocking of unpleasant feelings and
experiences from one's awareness.
-Isolation - -Separating a thought or memory from the feeling, tone, or
emotion associated with it.
-Undoing - -Symbolically negating or canceling out an experience that one
finds intolerable.
-Projection - -Attributing feelings or impulses unacceptable to one's self to
another person.
-Dichotomous Thinking - -Individual views situations in terms of all or
nothing, black or white, good or bad.
-Selective abstraction - -A conclusion that's based on only a selected
portion of evidence-usually negative evidence.
