Psychiatry - Principles of Normality & Mental Health

Absence of manifest pathology

What defines normality as health?

Self-actualization; optimal functioning

What is the idealized view of normality as proposed by Maslow?

Normality as average

Which perspective is based on statistical distribution?

Normality as a process

Which perspective views normality as developmental progression?

Normality

What term describes the conformity to typical or acceptable behavior?

False

T/F: Normality as health is defined by the presence of optimal function.

True

T/F: Normality as utopia aligns with the idea of self-actualization.

False

T/F: Normality as average assumes most people fall outside the normal range.

True

T/F: Erikson’s theory supports the idea of normality as a process.

False

T/F: Normality is a fixed state that does not change over time.

Resolution of a psychosocial crisis

What must occur at each stage of development for healthy growth?

Psychosocial crises

What type of crises are encountered in each developmental stage?

Causes maladjustment in future stages

What happens if a developmental stage is not resolved?

Sequential and stage-based

What is the order of development according to epigenetic principles?

Healthy personality and basic virtues

What is the ultimate result of successful resolution at each stage?

False

T/F: Epigenetic principles suggest development can skip stages.

True

T/F: Each psychosocial crisis must be resolved for healthy personality development.

False

T/F: Development is linear and predictable without variations.

True

T/F: Psychosocial crises involve the interaction between personal and societal needs.

False

T/F: Skipping early developmental stages has no long-term effect.

Capacity to work and to love

How did Freud define mental health?

Above normal or desirable state

What does Model A define mental health as?

Model B

Which model associates mental health with maturity and identity development?

Positive emotions (love, hope, compassion, and gratitiude)

What does Model C emphasize as components of mental and spiritual health?

Intimacy

Which stage of Erikson's development is about forming intimate relationships?

False

T/F: Model A of mental health is based on the absence of disease.

True

T/F: Maturity involves both brain development and emotional intelligence.

False

T/F: Model C highlights negative emotions as a basis for mental health.

True

T/F: Career consolidation is a developmental task in adulthood according to Model B.

True

T/F: Mental health as maturity includes the stage of generativity.

Perceiving and managing one’s and other’s emotions

What does socioemotional intelligence require according to Model D?

Subjective well-being

What does Model E focus on for mental health?

Externalization or blaming others

What decreases subjective well-being in Model E?

Humor, altruism, suppression, sublimation, anticipation

What are examples of healthy involuntary mechanisms in Model F?

Regulating emotions appropriately is complex but essential

What does Aristotle's quote in Model D highlight?

True

T/F: Socioemotional intelligence includes the ability to delay gratification.

False

T/F: Externalization improves subjective well-being.

False

T/F: Suppression is an unconscious mental mechanism.

True

T/F: Altruism is a mature defense mechanism used in stressful situations.

False

T/F: Model F emphasizes only conscious strategies for coping.