Mental and Emotional Study Guide
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1. Wellness is a balance of dimensions:
 Physical
 _____________________
 Intellectual
 Social
2. Physical Health
 Refers to how well your ______________ functions
 Qualities of a _____________ body
3. Emotional Health
 Your mood and how you _____________ about yourself
 How you view the world
4. Intellectual Health
 Ability to think ________________ and critically
 Ability to learn and solve ________________.
5. Social Health
 Communication skills
 Relationships
 Ability to _____________ with others.
6. The range of a person’s health status can be described as a ______________.
7. Communication Skills:
 I-Message: expresses your ____________or ____________ on a subject.
 You-Message: is a statement that ___________ or ___________ another
person.
8. Listening Skills: is the way you respond in ______________ to show that you
__________ and _____________ what the speaker is saying.
 Active Listening includes clarifying, ___________, summarizing, or
____________ what was said.
9. Environment:
 Positive Social-Emotional: exists when you receive plenty of social-emotional
_________________.
 Negative Social-Emotional: exists when you experience too many socialemotional _________________.
10.Resiliency: Able to __________________ back.
11.Decision Making
 Define the ________________.
 Explore alternatives.
 Select the best option.
 Act on your decision.
 Evaluate your decision.
12.A person who has an _________________ decision-making style fails to make
choices.
13.Reactive decision-making style is a habit in which a person allows others to make his
or her decisions.
14.The proactive decision-making style when a person describes the situation that
requires a decision, ___________________ and evaluates possible decisions, makes
a decision, and takes responsibility for the outcome.
15.Emotional Health - Emotions are the moods or _________________ you experience.
16.Managing Emotions:
 First, identify the ____________________ you are feeling.
 Second, try to acknowledge and accept the emotions.
 Third, _____________________ your emotions.
 Finally, find a way to make yourself feel better.
17. Emotional Intelligence
 People with high emotional intelligence can identify the _________________
they are feeling.
 They also understand the emotions of others.
 They have high levels of ___________________.
 They are able to express their emotions in healthy, positive ways.
18.Self-Image: Your mental picture of yourself.
19.Self-Esteem: Self-esteem describes how you feel about yourself.
20.Self-actualization is the feeling that you are becoming the best person you can be.
21.According to psychologist Abraham ____________________, self-actualization
occurs only after you meet your basic needs. Basic needs, ________________, Love
and Acceptance, Esteem, Self-Actualization
22.Anxiety - Symptoms of anxiety include:
 Increased heart rate
 Rapid ____________________
 Sweaty palms
 Upset stomach
23.Stress: Response of the body to the demands of daily living. (physical & mental)
24.Stressor: Cause or source of stress
25.Eustress: ________________stress
26.Distress: Bad stress
27.Stress: Stress may be . . .
 _________________ (sudden and short-lived) or
________________________(lasting over a long time period).
 Caused by major events or daily struggles
 Positive as well as negative
28.The body can manage _________________ stress, but chronic stress harms the body.
29.Mind-Body Connection: The relationship between a person’s thoughts, emotions,
and bodily responses.
30.Psychosomatic diseases - illness or disorder caused by an ______________ response.
31.Stages of Stress - The body responds to stress in three stages:
 Alarm
 __________________________
 Exhaustion
32.Fight-or-flight response symptoms:
 Heart rate, blood flow, breathing, and sweat production increase
 Pupils widen
 Other body processes are stopped or slowed
33.Stress and the Body Systems:
 Nervous system—the brain, sensing a threat, sends out signals to mobilize
the body.
 Endocrine system—produces stress hormones, ___________________and
norepinephrine.
 Cardiovascular system—pumps blood at a faster rate.
 Immune system—gets fewer resources to produce disease-fighting
lymphocytes.
 Reproductive system—stress hormones such as _________________ cause
sex hormones to decrease, reducing fertility.
34.Stress and Your Intellectual and Emotional Health:
35.Stress affects _____________________ abilities (thinking and reasoning).
36.Stress can cause many emotions: fear, anxiety, helplessness, anger, shock, or
numbness.
37.Chronic stress can lead to ______________________, a feeling of low self-worth
and disinterest in life.
38.Extremely stressful events can cause post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD
39.Stress can lead to behavioral problems
40.Managing Stress:
 Manage time
 Set limits by saying no when too busy
 Stay ___________________
 Distract yourself
 Laugh
 Use relaxation techniques
 Take care of yourself
 Express feelings to a friend or in a journal
41.Depression - is a feeling of __________________________, loneliness, and inability
to care about anything.
42.Depression that lasts a long time or is especially severe is called
_____________________ depression or clinical depression.
43.Symptoms of Depression include:
 Extreme tiredness and lack of energy
 Difficulty ___________________
 Difficulty concentrating
 Irritability, anger, and hostility
 Recurrent thoughts of death
44.Mental Disorder - a behavioral
or psychological syndrome or pattern that occurs in an individual and that is
associated with ________________ or disability or with significantly increased risk
of suffering, death, pain, disability, or an important loss of freedom.
45.Codependency – Tries to __________ the problem, an enabler
46.Enabler – Supports harmful behavior
47.Anxiety Disorders:
 Panic disorder causes panic attacks (episodes of intense fear).
 Generalized anxiety disorder causes extreme or
_____________________worries over daily experiences.
 Phobias are unrealistic fears about an object or situation (e.g., social phobia
or social anxiety disorder).
 Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) causes obsessive thoughts and
behavior.
 Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) occurs after a ___________________
event or experience.
 Bipolar disorder -Recurring depression alternating with _________, a
hyperactive mood with poor judgment, little need for sleep, and a lack of
self-control.
 Schizophrenia: A disorder in which there is a breakdown in
_________________ thought processes.
 Personality disorders: A consistent pattern of _______________,
_______________.
 Antisocial personality disorder disregard rules and are indifferent to other
people’s _______________ and feelings.
 Borderline personality disorder (BPD) a disorder having unstable self-esteem
and ______________________.
48.Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) - have problems with normal interpersonal
interactions.
49.Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD):
 Difficulty focusing, organizing and completing tasks, sitting still, and
listening to instructions
 Becoming __________________ quickly
 Talking too much or blurting out inappropriate things
50.Causes of Mental Illness:
 Biological factors – Genetics, Brain Injury, Prenatal Environment
 Environmental factors – Stressful Events,
 Psychological factors – Cognitive Disorders
51.Suicide:
52.Suicide: the _________________________ taking of one’s own life.
53.Risk Factors:
 Past suicide attempts
 A history of mental illness or substance abuse
 Troubled ________________environment
 Crisis such as financial hardship
 Experience of abuse, neglect, or bullying
 Hearing about someone else who has committed suicide (this can lead to a
suicide contagion or suicide __________________, in which others copy the
behavior)