MENTAL HEALTH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Stress
The body's physical response to a physical or emotional challenge
Stressor
Something which causes the stress response & places a demand on the body to adapt
Distress
Stress that produces negative effects, unhealthy response to stress
Eustress
P...
Stress
The body's physical response to a physical or emotional challenge
Stressor
Something which causes the stress response & places a demand on the body to adapt
Distress
Stress that produces negative effects, unhealthy response to stress
Eustress
Positive stress, healthy response to stress
Stages of Stress Response
Alarm, Resistance, Exhaustion
Chronic Stress
Long lasting physical and psychological demands (Long-Term)
Acute Stress
The short-term physiological and psychological response to an immediate perceived
threat
Mental Illness
a disorder that affects a person's thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and everyday functions
Depression
A prolonged feeling of helplessness, hopelessness, and sadness
Schizophrenia
Chronic, incapacitating disorder by which a person is out of touch with reality
Anorexia Nervosa
an eating disorder that involves self-starvation, a distorted body image, and low body
weight
with an irrational fear of weight gain
Bulimia
An eating disorder in which a person has uncontrolled eating binges followed by
purging.
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