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What is the mental health continuum? - Answer --range with endpoints of mental health and mental
illness
Well-being - Answer --on the "healthy" range of continuum. Can experience stress/discomfort from
occasional problems of everyday life, but can cope effectively
Emotional problems/concerns - Answer --discomfort rises to level of mild/moderate distress, includes
mild or temporary impairments in functioning like insomnia, lack of concentration, loss of appetite
Distress - Answer --psychological and/or physical pain, distress, and temporary impairment in
functioning, aka suffering
Deviance - Answer --behavior that violates social norms or cultural expectations b/c one's culture
determines what's "normal", and the pt is not following stated/unstated societal rules
Risk factors for developing mental illness - Answer --- Environmental (ex: social factors such as racism,
discrimination, poverty, violence; relationship problems, losing a job, birth of child, move, etc.)
, - Biological (imbalance of neurotransmitters, physical illness, hormonal changes, medication reactions,
substance abuse, diet, stress)
- Genetics
Cultural humility - Answer --An acknowledgement of one's own barriers to true intercultural
understanding.
cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) - Answer --- based on the premise that the pt mental health problem
is based in part on faulty thinking or unhealthy thoughts, related feelings and learned patterns of
behaviors
- Pt must learn better ways of coping/new ways of thinking that will lead to better patterns of
living/behaviors
- Tx involves helping pt recognize thought patterns that created their current situation and reevaluate
them in light of the current situation and apply new behaviors
Mental illness - Answer --when stress becomes significant, pt has moderate to severe impairment in
daily functioning, can include depression, anxiety, schizophrenia; Characterized by alterations in
thinking, mood, or behavior
Excelling - Answer --Mental wellness, absence of MI symptoms, highest level of well being, someone has
fulfillment in life and ability for personal success.
thriving - Answer --Stress doesn't cause significant impairment, client can resolve stressors
Surviving - Answer --State in which problems that may need action can be recognized, person feels on
edge