Principles of Health and Fitness Quiz 4 study guide

College Mental Health Issues

College Mental Health Issues

• depression

• stress

• interpersonal functioning

• grief and loss

• mood instability

Leading: Issues that affect Academic performance factor in college

Stress

Issues that affect academic performance in college

• Anxiety

• sleep difficulties

• depression

• participation in extracurricular activities

• concern for a troubled friend

• relationship problems

• death of a family member

the ABCs of Stress

1. Activator

   1. an event, something that activates stress

2. Beliefs

   1. the mid interprets the event and assigns meaning to it

3. Consequences

   1. a physiological stress response is produced, challenging event causing

Eustress

positive stressor; getting married, going on a date

distress

dealing with negative stress: coping with sickness, final exams

acute stress

short term, gone and over with, sad that it happened but it doesn’t effect you

chronic stress( traumatic stress)

sexual assault, natural disaster may take days, week, years to heal

PTSD

traumatic episode taking effect after the event

Fight or Flight

When the mind perceives a threat, the body responds with the intent to fight the threat or escape it

• rapid heart beat

• increased muscle tension

• slowed digestion

• narrowed auditory and visual signals

Optimal stress for performance

does nor necessarily occur with moderate arousal but varies according to individual and circumstance

Stress on Campus

• academics

• concern about the future

• spiritual

• interpersonal relationships

  • finances

Stress in Nonreligious colleges

1. academic work

2. personal issues

3. financial concerns

4. personal appearance

   1. future conerns

Stress on Faith-based colleges

1. academic work

2. future concerns

3. spiritual challenges

4. interpersonal relationships

   1. financial concerns

Stress hardiness

keeping calm under pressure

• commitment

• control

  • you control the time, place and how

• challenges

  • how you perceive change

Social Anxiety disorder

• starts around puberty

• have a persistent and intense fear of being watched, judged, embarrassed, or humiliated by others

Panic disorders

• often without any warning

• mistaken for a heart attacks

• sense of doom or death

• last about 10-15 minutes

• 2% of population, no found cause

  • 90% of patients with a panic disorder can be helped through psychotherapy

Phobias

avoidance of certain things or situations that make us uncomfortable or even fearful; irrational fear

most common phobias

Social phobias, Agoraphobia, acrophobia, pteromerhamophobia, claustrophobia, entomophobia, ophidiophobia, cynophobia, and trypanophobia

social phobias

fear of being in social situations

Agoraphobia

fear of open spaces

Acrophobia

fear of heights

Psteromerhanophobia

fear of flying

Claustrophobia

fear of enclosed spaces

Entomophobia

fear of insects

Ophidiophobia

fear of snakes

Cynophobia

fear of storms

Tryanophobia

fear of needles

Prevalence of Phobias

Mild

• 48.1%

Moderate

• 30%

Serious

• 21.9%

PSTD

often associated with veterans returning from war

• developed after experiencing a shocking or dangerous event

  • treatments vary, 53% who have psychotherapy and or medication

Generalized Anxiety disorder (GAD)

have chronic anxiety and exaggerated worry even when there is minimal threat

• worry can consume hours each day, making it hard go concentrate or finish daily tasks

Depression

Long periods of despondency that cripple people physically, cognitively, socially, and spiritually

In 2020,__% of college students were reported to be depressed

22%

in 2020, % reported to have moderate depression, overall in 2021 __% nation-wide

19%; 41%

Major depression

persistent sadness

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder

depression that mainly affect females; one or two weeks after a menstrual cycle

postpartum depression

after delivering a child

seasonal affective disorder

depression when the seasons change

Persistent depressive disorder

persistent, chronic, low-grade depression

• cold last 2-3+ years

Suicide

10th leading cause of death in the United States

mental illness contributes in half of cases

race and gender can be factors in the United States

men

tend to be more suicidal; 79% of suicides are commit by

Factors contributing to suicide

• relational problems, 42%

• recent crisis, 29%

• substance abuse, 28%

• failing health,22%

• job/financial distress, 22%

Warning signs for suicide

• withdrawing or isolating themselves

• talking about feeling hopeless

• talking about feeling trapped

• talking bout being a burden to others

• increasing the use of alcohol or drugs

• acting anxious or agitated

• behaving recklessly

• sleeping too little or too much

• talking about wanting to die

Happiness in money

happiness benefits from increased income level of around $80,000 per year

• 2022:$100,000-$500,000, that’s the happy place

Happy in Education

IQ does not influence happiness, either positively or negatively

happiness in Religion

quality of relationships was the single largest factor predicting subjects’ happiness

psychologist found that the happiest college students shared one distinctive characteristics: rich and fulfilling relationships

Mental Health First Aid

1. Assess for risk of suicide or harm

2. listen nonjudgmentally

3. give reassurance and information

4. encourage appropriate professional help

5. encourage self-help and support strategies

Mental Health care professional

• counselors

• psychologist

• psychiatrists

women

___ more prone to depression because they’re more sensitive

Macro-emotion

• seen in small children

• happy is happy

• angry is angry

Micro-emotions

• one that is socially acceptable

• something we learn

• concealing multiple emotions at once- only showing one at a time

Kubler-Ross Grief cycle

1. Denial

   1. shock, confusion, and fear

2. Anger

   1. Frustration, hostility, anxiety

3. Bargaining

   1. Questioning, negotiating, struggling

4. Depression

   1. helplessness, overwhelmed, alone

5. Acceptance

   1. new normal, determined, moving on

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

top to down

1. Self-actualization

2. Esteem (respect, recognition)

3. Love and belonging (family, friends, intimacy)

4. Safety (health, security of person and property, employment)

5. Survival (air, food, water)

Learned-helplessness

conditioned to think they can’t succeed

Emotion Intelligence

People able to manage their own emotions, communicate their emotions, pick up other’s emotions

• individuals with high _____are more active, less lazy

• well rounded