Psychological Health

Maslow

Behavior is driven by needs.

Maslow Hierarchy

Self-actualization - realism, self-acceptance, autonomy, authenticity, capable of intimacy, creativity.

Self-esteem - as a person, as a doer, in relationships.

Love and Belongingness - loved, loving, connection

Safety and Security - Safe surroundings, protected by others, knows to avoid risk

Physical Needs - Food, water, shelter, sleep, exercise, etc.

Self-actualization

Fulling true potential and becoming best version of oneself.

Psychological Health

Someone’s emotional, cognitive, and social state.

Growing up Psychologically

Developing personality and identity. Developing healthy self-esteem.

Demoralization

Process of making someone lose confidence and hope.

Demoralized people use all or nothing thinking and overgeneralize the negative - taking responsibility.

When encountering demoralization, fight it.

Psychological Disorders

Anxiety, seasonal affective disorder, mania and bipolar disorder, schizophrenia.

Mania and Bipolar Disorder

Mania - periods of excessive energy, irritability, talkativeness, inflated self-esteem.

Bipolar - alternating periods of mania and depression.

Schizophrenia

Disturbance in thinking and perceiving reality.

Characteristics: Disorganized thinking, out of touch with reality, inappropriate emotions, delusions, paranoid ideas, hallucinations.

Mood Disorders

Emotional disturbance that is intense and persistent to affect normal function. (Depression)

Warning sides of suicide

• Mention of dying, disappearing, self-harm

• Change in personality

• Giving things away

• Increasing social withdrawal/isolation

• Sudden lightening of mood

Models of Human Nature and Therapeutic Change

Biological, behavioral, cognitive, psychodynamic.

Biological perspective

• Pharmacological therapy

  • Antidepressants

  • Mood stabilizers

  • Antipsychotics

Behavioral Perspective

• Focuses on what people do

• Stimulus, response, and reinforcement

• Practice exposure

Cognitive Perspective

• Looks at effect of ideas on behaviors and feelings

• Identifying and exposing false ideas

• Taught to notice thoughts and test them

Psychodynamic Perspective

• Focuses on false thought/beliefs

• Fed by unconscious ideas and impulses

• Result from hidden emotions from past

• Often focuses on relationships.

Getting Help

Self help (books, journaling, religion, apps, etc.)

Peer counseling and support groups

Professional