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What are the 6 dimensions of health?
Definition
physical, emotional, mental, social, spiritual, environmental
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being connected to something or someone beyond yourself
Definition
spiritual dimension of health
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ID:
involves the ability to process information effectively
Definition
Mental dimension of health
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Define emotion regulation
Definition
individuals influencing which emotions they have and when they have them, how much etc
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Define emotional intelligence
Definition
ability to perceive and express emotions
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What is affect in regards to emotion
Definition
showing the emotion that we are currently experiencing
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Who established asylums, when and why?
Definition
Muslim arabs; 8th century; scientific study
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Where was the first european facility est for the mentally ill
Definition
Valencia, Spain
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What types of methods were used to cure mental illness in the 1600s?
Definition
blood letting, chained to walls, blistering
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Describe Phillippe Pinel
Definition
took over Bicetre insane asymlum, removed patients from dungeons. Stated mental illness could be caused by other things (stress, family, heredity)
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Describe Dorothea Dix
Definition
crusader for the mentally ill, one of the most recognized advocates in bangor, maine, est 32 hospitals for the mentally ill
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Who developed distinctions among mental disorders (manic depressions vs psychosis)
Definition
Emil Kraepelin
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What advocate of the mentally ill admitted herself to an insane asylum and studied the conditions of the patients there
Definition
Nelly Bly
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What types of treatments were used in the 30s to treat people with schizophrenia?
Definition
Drugs, electro-convulsive therapy, insulin, lobotomy
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When was the Natioal Mental Health Act signed and by who?
Definition
1946; President Truman
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JFJ Cade introduced what in 1949 for the treatment of psychosis?
Definition
lithium
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The development of what treatment was the monument of the 50s?
Definition
Thorazine
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What is the side effect of thorazine?
Definition
parkinson like side effects
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Describe the Community Mental Health Center Construction Act
Definition
Pop>50k could build mental health centers for their towns
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Describe NAMI
Definition
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill founded in '79; nation's largest dedicated to building better lives for millions of Americans
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What are the 2 primary functions of health counseling?
Definition
help clients cope and understand their feelings assoc with health problems; helping clients develop and adhere to treatment plans
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Health counseling targets what 3 levels of prevention?
Definition
primary, secondary, tertiary
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Health counseling targets what 3 levels of prevention?
Definition
primary, secondary, tertiary
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What is the definition of stress?
Definition
non specific response of the body to any demand made on it
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What are the 3 stages of GAS?
Definition
General Adaption Syndrome
Alarm, resistance, exhaustion
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Describe the alarm reaction stage of GAS
Definition
stressor leads to fight or flight response; prepares body for physical activity
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if stress continues the body adapts to the stressors its exposed to
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Stage of resistance
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Describe stage 3 of GAS
Definition
the stress response stays activated
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Remaining in what stage of GAS can lead to chronic stress?
Definition
stage 3
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What is the number one mental issue in the US?
Definition
anxiety
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What are some tips for stress management
Definition
understand how you stress; ID your source of stress; Learn your own stress signals;recognize how you deal with stress;
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Provides the largest known comprehensive data set on health of college students
Definition
National College Health Assessment
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Out of college students who is more likely to report their health as good/excellent?
Definition
men
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What is the number one health problem with college students?
Definition
allergies
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What is the most common mental condition among college students?
Definition
ADHD
Term
of the college student population who is more likely to state that they are overwhelmed or feel helpless?
Definition
Females
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What is the first step of stress assessment?
Definition
Assessment
Term
What are the 6 steps in the assessment of stress?
Definition
Assessment, Symptoms, Perceived stress scale, Inventory of college student real life experience, ardell wellness stress test, student stress scale
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What is the key of stress assessment?
Definition
perception
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What is the purpose of the ICSRLE?
Definition
to ID individual exposure to sources of stress or hassles
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What is the most efficient type of breathing?
Definition
abdominal breathing
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What type of breathing is a sign of stress?
Definition
shoulder breathing
Term
What are the avg respiration and pulse rates for individuals?
Definition
70-80 BPM
12-20 BPM
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Why does deep breathing assist in stress?
Definition
It slows the action of the nervous system
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Define emotion
Definition
there is no well accepted definition or theory
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What are the 4 basic emotions?
Definition
anger, fear, happiness, sadness
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What are some self-conscious/social emotions?
Definition
shame guilt contempt pride envy
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Explain refined emotions
Definition
new concept; emotions that require higher mental process
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this type of emotion has minimal outward expressions
Definition
refined emotions
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What are the 5 functions of emotion?
Definition
regulate arousal, direct perception, influence learning, motivate behavior, communicate with others
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What are the components of the limbic system
Definition
hypothalamus, cingulate cortex, and hippocampus
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What is the purpose of the cingulate cortex?
Definition
loneliness, religious experience, stimulus reward system
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Damage to the ____ impairs recognition and expression of fear
Definition
amygdala
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Damage to the _____ impairs expression of disgust/voluntary movement
Definition
basal ganglia
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controls stress hormones that facilitate short-term coping with emotional events
Definition
Hypothalamus
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What part of the body releases stress hormones?
Definition
adrenal glands
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ID;
controls stress hormones that facilitate short term coping with emotions
Definition
hypothalmic-pituitary-adrenal system
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Describe the ANS
Definition
controls responses to cognitive and environmental stimuli; sympathetic and parasympathetc
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Expectations about emotional expression vary by what 3 factors?
Definition
culture, gender, and age
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What are 3 methods used by psychologists to measure emotion?
Definition
self reports, physiological measurements, behavior
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What are the 3 traditional theories of happiness?
Definition
hedonism, desire, and objective list
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Describe the hedonism theory
Definition
happiness has to do with raw subjective feelings; feeling more pleasure than pain
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ID theory:
happiness is getting what you want
Definition
desire theory
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What is the main criticism of the desire theory?
Definition
someone may get what they desire but their life isn't productive
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Describe the objective list theory
Definition
happiness consists of human life that achieves things from list of pursuits
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What theory of happiness is defined by a bucket list?
Definition
objective list theory
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Who was the founder of field positive psychology?
Definition
Martin Seligman
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Who is the author of the authentic happiness theory?
Definition
Martin Seligman
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Describe field positive psychology
Definition
new branch that focuses on empirical study of positive emotions and institutions
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What 3 types of happiness synthesize the 3 traditional theories of happiness?
Definition
the pleasant life (pleasure), good life(engagement), meaningful life
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author of Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth
Definition
Ed Diener
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Ed Diener conceptualizes happiness as what?
Definition
subjective well-being
Term
Who wrote the happiness project?
Definition
Gretchen Rubin
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What are the 3 steps of the happiness project?
Definition
preparation, making of resolutions, and keeping your resolutions
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What is the most obvious challenge to happiness?
Definition
people who drag you down
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What are the 5 ways of measuring happiness?
Definition
self-reports, peer and family member reports of well being, smiling, clinical interviews, physiological responses
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What is the function of anger?
Definition
regulate processes related to self defense; overcome obstacles in order to accomplish goals
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What are the 3 components of anger?
Definition
physical, cognitive, behavior
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What are the 3 main approaches to expressing anger?
Definition
expressing, suppressing, calming
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What is the best way to manage anger?
Definition
express feelings in a non aggressive manner
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What is the definition of sadness
Definition
core emotional reaction to a sense of loss
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What is the definition of grief?
Definition
response of sorrow and confusion that comes from losing something important
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What are the 3 categories of sadness?
Definition
sadness, depression, grief
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Define depression
Definition
an unhappy mood that persists for a long time without any clear cause
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What are the 3 things sadness is closely linked to?
Definition
stress, pain, and illness
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What emotion promotes personal reflection and enhances decision making
Definition
sadness
Term
How does the facial expression of sadness support group social behavior?
Definition
Evokes sympathy and helping responses in others
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What are the 2 ways of measuring sadness?
Definition
self-report and behavioral measures
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What happens physiologically when people are sad?
Definition
increased HR, faster breathing, increased cortisol
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When someone is sad activity increases in what part of the brain?
Definition
pre-frontal cortex of the right hemisphere
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The activity of what 2 neurotransmitters are involved in sadness?
Definition
endorphins and catecholamines (dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin
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Describe the state trait anger theory
Definition
Developed by Spieberger to distinguish between anger expression and anger experience
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What are the 2 components of anger?
Definition
state anger and trait anger
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What are the 2 types of anger expression?
Definition
outward expression (anger out) suppression (anger in)
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What is the difference between hostility and anger?
Definition
hostility is long term anger is short term
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repeated episodes of impulsive violent behavior grossly out of proportion to any stressor
Definition
IED; intermittent explosive disorder
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What is the diagnosis criteria for IED?
Definition
3 episodes of impulsive aggressiveness
Term
What are the long term effects of road rage?
Definition
vitals remain at an elevated level
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Define fear
Definition
dread of impending disaster; reaction to danger
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apprehensive anticipation of future danger/misfortune
Definition
anxiety
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Where are memories formed in relation to fear?
Definition
amygdala
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causes people to feel frightened for no reason
Definition
anxiety disorder
Term
What are the 3 types of treatment for anxiety disorders?
Definition
medication, behavioral therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy
Term
What are the 5 major types of anxiety disorders?
Definition
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), OCD, Panic Disorder, PTSD, phobias
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6 months or more of chronic exaggerated worry
Definition
GAD
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What are 2 types of causes for OCD?
Definition
biological and environmental
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PTSD effects how many adults in america?
Definition
7.7
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Affects about 15 million americans
Definition
phobias
Term
What is another name for social phobias?
Definition
Social anxiety disorder
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What is another name for social phobias?
Definition
Social anxiety disorder
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What are the 2 kinds of phobias?
Definition
social and specific
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Define worrying
Definition
conscious preoccupation with events yet to come
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What is spirituality?
Definition
sense of connectedness with something beyond yourself
Term
Who identified 6 different perspectives related to spirituality as a dimension of health?
Definition
perring and McDermott
Term
What are the 6 dimensions of spirituality?
Definition
sense of fulfillment, values of community and self, wholeness in life, well being , a controlling power, human-spiritual interactions
Term
What are the 4 conditions of self esteem and who created them?
Definition
power, uniqueness, role model, and connectedness; Bean
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What is the difference between spirituality and religiosity?
Definition
spirituality is connectedness to a higher power; religiosity is extent of participation of practices in organized religion
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Describe religion
Definition
includes faith and spirituality; has set of rules and guidelines; belief in higher power; spokesman of higher power
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What are the 5 qualities of spiritual health?
Definition
meaning/purpose, faith/belief in higher power, compassion, spiritual rituals, connection to others
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What is Faith?
Definition
Belief in the unseen
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What are the 2 qualities of compassion?
Definition
forgiveness and altruism
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What is altruism?
Definition
the act of helping others
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What are 6 types of prayer?
Definition
Adoration, petitional, meditative, colloquial, ritualist, confession
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What is considered to be the most visible manifestation of the spirit?
Definition
nature
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What are the terms of spiritual distress?
Definition
inability to find sources of meaning, peace or comfort in life
Term
What are the 3 categories of spiritual distress?
Definition
inability to practice spiritual rituals, conflict between beliefs and health regimen, crisis of illness
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What are the 4 types of social support?
Definition
emotional, informational, instrumental, appraisal
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ID the type of social support:
Providing love, caring and reliance
Definition
emotional
Term
ID the type of social support:
Providing information and counsel
Definition
Informational
Term
ID the type of social support:
Providing concrete assistance and support
Definition
instrumental support
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ID the type of social support:
Providing evaluative assistance
Definition
Appraisal support
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What are the 3 types of appraisal support?
Definition
affirmation, feedback, information for self eval
Term
What are the 3 levels of social support?
Definition
individual, family, and network
Term
What are the 5 components for social support being a buffer for stress?
Definition
being cared for and loved, sense of worth, sense of belonging, informational support, safety net
Term
The 5 components of social support work to moderate stress in what 2 ways?
Definition
direct, protective effect and buffer severity of effects
Term
What are the benefits of confiding in others?
Definition
lower BP, HR; boosts immune system; reduces loneliness
Term
What is a common sign of depression in children?
Definition
Not wanting to go to school because of a stomach ache
Term
What are 3 symptoms of depression?
Definition
decreased energy, pessimism, hopelessness
Term
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immediate onset can occur at age 32; more common in women than men
Definition
Major Depression
Term
What is the difference between adults and children with dysthymia?
Definition
adult symptoms must persist for 2 years while children is only 1
Term
Describe minor depression
Definition
have symptoms for 2 weeks or more; don't meet full criteria for major depression
Term
Describe psychotic depression
Definition
loss of touch with reality, accompanied by some form of psychosis, hallucinations and or delusions
Term
Describe post partum depression
Definition
Can occur up to one year after delivery; triggered by change in hormone levels; 10-15% of mothers
Term
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occurs at certain parts of the year; as a result of reduced sunlight; occurs at any age
Definition
Season Affective Disorder
Term
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formally known as manic depression; cycling mood changes
Definition
Bipolar Disorder
Term
What are the 2 categories of causes of depression?
Definition
Genetics and environments
Term
What are 3 types of treatments for Depression?
Definition
Medication, ECT, Psychotherapy
Term
What are the 3 types of psychotherapy that treat depression?
Definition
Talk therapy, CBT, and IPT (interpersonal therapy)
Term
How does CBT work?
Definition
it teaches people to change negative styles of thinking that contribute to depression
Term
How many suicide attempts are made per day?
Definition
100
Term
What are the suicide stat differences between men and women?
Definition
More women attempt suicide while more men complete it
Term
Why is there a difference in the completion rate of suicides in men and women?
Definition
Men are more likely to use firearms while women moreso use poisons
Term
What is the 10th leading COD at all ages and 2nd for those 15-24?
Definition
Suicide
Term
What are 3 risk factors for suicide?
Definition
depression, mental/substance abuse, family history
Term
What are 2 protective factors for suicide?
Definition
effective clinical care and support
Term
What are the 4 levels of protective factors for suicide?
Definition
individual, relationship, community, society
Term
What are 3 symptoms of grief?
Definition
anger, guilt, and being socially withdrawn
Term
What's the 4 step grieving process?
Definition
accept the loss, work through the pain of grief, adjust to world without the person, move on with life
Term
Describe complicated grief
Definition
sharp prolonged kind of grief, extreme yearning for the deceased
Term
What are 3 influencing factors for attitudes towards death and dying?
Definition
past experiences, cultural influences, and religious beliefs
Term
What are the 5 stages of death and dying?
Definition
DABDA: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance
Term
What are the criticisms for the 5 stages of death and dying?
Definition
no proof the stages exist, does not happen in that order, stages may be revisited
Term

ID DABDA stage:

defense mechanism for the individual; temporary shock response to bad news

Definition
Denial
Term
In regards to grief anger is usually directed at who?
Definition
those closes to the dying person
Term
What are the 2 types of depression?
Definition
reactive depression and preparatory depression
Term
ID:
the practice of becoming more fully aware of the present moment; involves heightened awareness of sensory stimuli
Definition
Mindfulness
Term
What's the origin of mindfulness?
Definition
eastern philosophy and buddhism
Term
What are the 3 core features of mindfulness?
Definition
paying attention, present moment, acceptance/non-judgemental
Term
ID:
being fully present and alive in the moment
Definition
present moment feature of mindfulness
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Define acceptance
Definition
being experientially open to reality of the present moment
Term
What are the formal mindful awareness practices?
Definition
yoga, tai chi, meditation
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What are the 2 contemporary mindful practices?
Definition
mindful based cognitive therapy; mindfulness based stress reduction
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Describe MBSR
Definition
Founded in '79 by Dr. Kabat;evolved to common form of complementary medicine
Term
Describe MBCT
Definition
Mindfulbased cognitive therapy; designed specifically for depressed ppl to learn practice of mindfulness meditation
Term
MBSR is an effective intervention for treatment of what?
Definition
psychological and physical symptoms (pain, cancer, depression)
Term
What are 2 examples of mindfulness practice?
Definition
becoming aware of breath, paying attention to all sounds in room
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What are bad examples of mindfulness?
Definition
rushing through activities without being attentive to them; failing to notice subtle feelings of tension
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