Intro 2 healthy psychology

Stress-factor in heightened susceptibility to disorders and disease

• Hypertension

• Headaches

• Immune suppression

Stressors

• Motivators (eustress), getting ready 4 a trip, wedding

• Debilitating (distress)

• Traumatic or build up over time

• ACEs(Adverse childhood experiences), abuse, neglect, household dysfunctions

MCQ: General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)

• process of experiencing stress

  3 Stages:

• Alarm: The body reacts immediately to stress with a "fight-or-flight" response (increased heart rate, stress hormones).

• Resistance: The body tries to cope and adapt to the ongoing stress.

• Exhaustion: Prolonged stress overwhelms the body, leading to fatigue, illness, or burnout.

Tend-and-befriend theory

some people react to stress by tending to their own needs and/or the needs of others and seeking connection with others

Ex: Being w/ others when stressed, Sending a loved one a gift or flowers , Texting someone when you're going through a hard time 

Coping with Stress

Problem-focused coping

Stress is a problem and u have 2 figure out how 2 solve it

Emotion-focused coping

Need 2 figure out how 2 handle the emotional reaction because of stress, going 4 a fun, yoga, meditation

Positive Psychology

identifies factors that lead to well-being, resilience, positive emotions, and psychological health, expressing gratitude, subjective well being, people say when they express gratitude they feel subjective well being

Classification of Character Strengths

Developed around 6 categories of virtues

• Wisdom

• Courage

• Humanity

• Justice

• Temperance

• Transcendence

(After) Post traumatic Growth

After some traumatic event, there can be growth, after a trauma, they can do/be something good

Explaining and Classifying Psychological Disorders

Factors used to identify psychological disorders

• Level of Dysfunction: How it impacts u

• Perception of Distress: Negative thing

• Deviation from the social norm: Doing something that can be seen as not necessarily normal

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Diagnosing psychological disorders requires specialized training and the use of evidence based diagnostic tools 

Psychiatrist: Medical specialist, can give medicine

Psychologist: Has 2 get medicine from psychiatrist

DSM:

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders- classifies and contains descriptions and symptoms and other criteria for diagnosing mental disorders

created by the American Psychiatric Association