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1. What is mental the successful adapation to stressors from the internal or external enviornment,
health defined as evidenced by thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are age appropriate and
? congruent with local and cultural norms .




2. What is mental ill- maldaptive responses to stressors from the internal or external enviornment,
ness ? evidenced by thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are incongruent with local
and cultural norms, and interfere with the individuals social, occupational, and or
physical functioning.




3. Mental health de- A condition of well-being in which an individual can positively function in their daily
fined by ATI life and is able to cope with stressors as they appear.

4. Mental illness de- any condition characterized by cognitive and emotional disturbances, abnormal
fined by ATI behaviors, impaired functioning, or any combination of these.".

5. mental health is - emotions and well being
the foundation - thinking and learning
for - communication
- resilence and self-esteem
- as well as relationships and daily functioning

6.


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mental illness re- - emotion
sults in changes - thinking
in - behavior

7. mental illness is distress/problems in daily functioning
associated with

8. Risk factors for - traumatic life events
mental illness - biological/chemical imbalances
- substance use/alcohol use
- loneliness and isolation




9. physical stres- - infection
sors or metabolic imbalance

10. psychological - starting a new job
stressors - or losing a loved one

11. a mental health a diagnostic term for a group of mental illness manifestations
disorder is




12. the mental health is a range of mental health functioning with adaptive (wellness, health coping) on
continuum one end of the spectrum and maladaptive (illness, unhealthy coping, or an inability
to cope) on the other end of the spectrum.



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Placement on the continuum is influenced by what one does (behaviors), how one
feels (emotions), how one thinks (cognition), and how the body responds (physical
adaptation)




13. levels of the men- wellbeing
tal health contin-
uum - excelling- mental wellness, abscence of mental health illness symptoms ( the
highest level of well being)

- thriving- stress does not cause daily impairment. client expierences stress but can
resolve it

surviving:
-- is not a state of distress, but it is a state in which problems that may need action
can be recognized. It may be described as the person feeling on edge. The nurse
should look for nervousness, irritability, distraction, or withdrawnness.


struggling:
-the client may feel worthlessness, worried often, and that life is misery, but not
all hope is lost. The nurse should look for poor performance in academic or
occupational settings and dysfunctions in sleep and appetite.

in crisis:
- manifestations of mental illness and difficulty functioning

mental illness

14. Diathesis stress - The 1st part diathesis- describes an individual's genetic or biological predispo-
model- is a 2-part sition for developing an illness

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