Chapter 2: Psychological Health

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True or False:

Normality is a key component of psychological health

False

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Around ____% of Canadians have a diagnosable psychological disorder at some point during their lfie

20

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Psychological health definition:

Our capacity to think, feel, and behave in ways that contribute to our ability to enjoy life and manage challenges

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“The absence of sickness” is one of the ways that psychological health can be defined _________ (positively/negatively)

Negatively

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“The presence of wellness” is one of the ways that psychological health can be defined _________ (positively/negatively)

Positively

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What are the elements of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?

  • Physiological needs

  • Safety

  • Being loved

  • Maintaining self-esteem

  • Self-actualization

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Maslow suggested that self-actualized people all share which qualities?

  • Realism

  • Acceptance

  • Autonomy

  • Authenticity

  • Capacity for intimacy

  • Creativity

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What is positive psychology?

A field that focuses on an individual’s strengths and positive traits

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Who coined the term, “positive psychology”?

Maslow

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Seligman described which 3 types of happiness, all linked to positive emotions in positive psychology?

  • Pleasure and gratification

  • Embodiment of strengths and virtues

  • Experiencing meaning and purpose

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Seligman believes that an individual can experience happiness via which 3 dimensions?

  • The pleasant life

  • The good life

  • The meaningful life

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Describe, “the pleasant life”

  • Belief of Seligman.

  • Thinking constructively about the past, achieving optimism and hope for the future, minimizing negative emotions and pain.

  • (Overall culminating a greater happiness in the present).

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Describe, “the good life”

  • Belief of Seligman.

  • Cultivating and actively using your own personal virtues/strengths to bring forth authentic happiness and to “live in the moment.”

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Describe, “the meaningful life”

  • Belief of Seligman.

  • Using your personal virtues/strengths in service to others.

  • (Creates a deeper meaning of life and a consequent larger sense of happiness).

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What are some of the critiques of positive psychology?

  • The promotion of short-sighted denial of reality.

  • Unwarranted optimism.

  • Many therapists believe that psychological health comes from acknowledging and accepting the painful realities of life.

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Erikson believes that each eight stages of life is characterized by:

A major crisis or turning point.

(A time of increased vulnerability, and in increased potential for psychological growth).

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What is the primary task beginning in adolescence?

Developing an adult identity

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True or False:

Identity reflects a lifelong process and it changes as a person develops

True

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Identity crisis definition

Without personal identity, we might be confused about who we are

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People with established identities can form intimate relationships and sexual unions characterized by:

  • Sharing

  • Open communication

  • Long-term commitment

  • Love

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Definition of values:

  • Criteria for judging what is good and bad

    • Underlie our moral decisions and behaviour

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Living according to values means:

  • Considering your options carefully before making a choice.

  • Choosing between options without succumbing to outside pressures that oppose your values.

  • Making a choice and acting on it, rather than doing nothing.

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True or False:

Spiritual wellness is associated with greater coping skills and higher levels of overall wellness

True

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Which of the following have been linked to spiritual wellness?

a) Longer life expectancy

b) Reduced risk of disease

c) Faster recovery

d) Improved emotional health

All of the above

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True or False:

Spiritual wellness requires participation in organized religion

False

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When does a positive self-concept ideally begin?

In childhood
(Based on experiences within and outside family)

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An integrated self-concept is one which:

You have made for yourself - not someone else’s image of you, or a mask that doesn’t quite fit

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Stability depends on:

The integration of the self and its freedom from contradictions

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Two main components of self-concept:

  • Integration

  • Stability

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People who have received mixed messages about themselves from parents and friends may have contradictory self-images, which defy __________ (integration/stability) and make them vulnerable to shifting levels of self-esteem

Integration

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  • Expecting the worst

  • Overgeneralizing

  • Minimizing

  • Blaming others

  • Thinking in black and white

  • Magnifying events

… The above are all examples of:

Cognitive distortion

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What is the drawback of many coping/defense mechanisms?

They succeed temporarily, but make finding permanent solutions much harder

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Why can it be difficult to recognize defense mechanisms?

Because they’ve probably become habits, occurring unconsciously

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Pessimism is a symptom of everyday depression, and it’s also:

An important root cause of this depression

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How is pessimism usually acquired?

It’s usually learned (typically from a young age) from parents and other authority figures

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True or False:

Because pessimism is often learned, it has the potential to be unlearned

True

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Assertiveness

Being able to say no or yes (depending on the situation)

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Simple definition of “good communication”

Expressing yourself clearly

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True or False:

Expressing anger is beneficial for psychological and physical health

False.

  • Overly hostile people seem to be at higher risk for heart attacks.

  • Angry words/actions don’t contribute to psychological wellness if they damage relationships or produce feelings of guilt, or loss of control.

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Intermittent explosive disorder (IED):

  • Exhibited in people whose anger is explosive and misdirected.

  • Often accompanied by depression or another disorder.

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While we all have moments of anxiety, irrational thoughts, pessimism, etc., when is it appropriate to consider a psychological disorder?

When these symptoms start to interfere with daily activities and rob us of our peace of mind.

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Between Sept. and Dec. 2020, at least ____% of Canadians 18+ had at least one of the following disorders:

  • Major depressive disorder

  • Generalized anxiety disorder

  • Post-traumatic stress disorder

20

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What are some of the factors which may result in a psychological disorder?

  • Genetic differences

  • Learning and life events (e.g., bullying)

  • Higher levels of trauma exposure

  • Etc.

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How can different cultures and ethnicities affect the concept of psychological disorders?

  • Differing expression of symptoms

  • Differing attitudes

  • Assimilation (e.g., when people immigrate to Canada and lose some of their original cultural identity)

  • Biological risk factors (e.g., decreased CYP2C19 enzyme break down of psychotropic drugs in Asian populations)

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True or False:

Anxiety is a useless phenomenon

False

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True or False:

Simple phobias are relatively common

True.

Around 5% of children, 16% of adolescents, and 13% of overall Canadians have a simple phobia

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What is the typical range of Canadians who have a social phobia?

8 - 13% of Canadians

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What is the most common social phobia?

The fear of speaking in public

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True or False:

Shyness if a form of social anxiety

True

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Shyness is characterized by a fear of:

What others will think of one’s behaviour or appearance

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Around ___% of Canadians will experience panic disorder in a given year

2

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Around ___% of Canadians will experience panic disorder in their lifetime

4

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At what age do panic disorders usually begin?

In early 20s

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Agoraphobia

  • Avoidant behaviour, essentially leaving someone house-bound.

  • Usually results from untreated panic disorder.

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Around ____% of Canadians aged 15+ have Generalized Anxiety Disorder

8.7

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True or False:

The worrying of a person with Generalized Anxiety Disorder is unjustified

False.

It isn’t completely unjustified (it can have reasonable triggers), but this kind of thinking is unproductive and alters quality of life.

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Around ___% of Canadians have Obsessive-Compulsive disorder

1

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Explain the “obsession” aspect of OCD

  • Recurrent, unwanted thoughts/impulses

  • These are improbably fears (e.g., contamination)

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Explain the “compulsion” aspect of OCD

  • Repetitive, difficult-to-resist actions that are usually associated with obsessions

  • Examples: Hand washing (usually accompanying contamination obsession), counting, …

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In behavioural addictions, the role of compulsion is _______ (small/large) and significant

Small

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Explain behavioural addictions:

  • People experience intense urges to engage in behaviour, which can create anxiety.

    • This urge intensifies until they carry out the behaviour repeatedly, and they feel relief and elation.

  • Behaviour is both maladaptive and persistent.

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Nomophobia

A psychological condition connected to smartphone addiction which reflects the dear which some people experience while disconnected from their phone

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Almost ____% of Canadians are estimated to have had PTSD at some point during their lifetime

10

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How long are post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSS) symptoms experienced?

Within 1 - 30 days of the traumatic event taking place

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PTSD can be diagnosed after an individual has experienced symptoms for:

At least one month

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Can PTSS or PTSD be diagnosed quicker?

PTSS (post-traumatic stress syndrome)

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True or False:

Earlier intervention for PTSS can reduce the likelihood that a diagnosis of PTSD will eventuate

True

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PTSD symptoms often decrease substantially within:

3 months

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Around half of individuals fully recover from PTSD within:

6 months

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Which of the following does not respond well to both drug treatments and cognitive behavioural therapies?

a) Panic disorder

b) Simple phobias

c) GAD

d) OCD

b) Simple phobias

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What are the two most common mood disorders?

  • Depression

  • Bipolar disorder

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Depression affects around ____% of Canadians

11

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Women are almost ____x as likely as men to experience depression

2

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In Canada, ______ (men/women) have a much higher suicide rate than women

men

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Indigenous and Inuit peoples in Canada have much higher rates than most other groups, ranging from __(a)__ times to __(b)__ times the national average

a) 5

b) 11

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Depression treatment depends on:

  • Severity

  • Whether the person is suicidal

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What is the best initial treatment for depression?

A combination of drug therapy and psychotherapy

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Around ____% of Canadians experience the winter blues

15

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Around ____% of Canadians experience SAD

2 - 3

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Which mood disorder feature do the following symptoms characterize?

  • Restlessness

  • Lots of energy

  • Needing little sleep

  • Non-stop talking

Mania

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True or False:

Bipolar disorder affects men and women equally

True

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____(a)____ are used to treat individual manic episodes, ____(b)____ can prevent future mood swings, and ____(c )____ can be prescribed to stabilize moods

a) Tranquilizers

b) Special drugs (e.g., salt lithium carbonate)

c) Anticonvulsants

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___% of Canadians have bipolar disorder

1

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___% of Canadians have schizophrenia

1

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Around ____% of newly diagnoses schizophrenia cases occur when someone is between the ages of 20 - 34

30

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What is the likely cause of schizophrenia?

Combination of:

  • Genes

  • Environmental factors occurring in pregnancy and development

    • e.g., infants with prenatal exposure to certain infections or medications

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General characteristics of schizophrenia:

  • Disorganized thoughts

  • Inappropriate emotions

  • Delusions (firmly held false beliefs)

  • Auditory hallucinations

  • Deteriorating social and work functioning

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The biological model emphasizes:

  • The mind’s activity depends entirely on the brain, whose composition is genetically determined.

  • The activity of neurons, mediated by complex chemical reactions, gives rise to our most complex thought, desires, and behaviour.

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_____________ therapy is the most important kind of therapy inspired by the biological model

Pharmacological

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What is the requirement for all medications which fall under pharmacological therapy?

  • Require a prescription from a medical doctor

  • Have been evaluated as being safe

  • Have been evaluated as more effective than a placebo

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a) For mild cases of depression, is psychotherapy or antidepressants more effective treatments?

b) For major depression, which of the above treatments are more effective?

a) They are both equally effective.

b) Combined therapy is significantly more effective than any type of treatment alone.

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The behavioural model focuses on peoples’:

Overt behaviour (what people do), rather than on brain structures and chemistry, or on thoughts and consciousness

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Which psychological model regards psychological problems as maladaptive behaviours or bad habits?

The behavioural model

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Behaviourists analyze behaviour in terms of which key aspects?

  • Stimulus

  • Response

  • Reinforcement

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What is one of the main therapy methods used on fearful people in the behavioural model?

Exposure therapy

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The cognitive model emphasizes:

The effect of ideas on behaviour and feelings

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The cognitive model believes that behaviour results from:

Complicated:

  • Attitudes

  • Expectations

  • Motives

Rather than from simple and immediate reinforcements

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How does the cognitive model deal with false ideas?

It tries to expose and identify these false ideas which produce negative feelings (e.g., anxiety and depression).

Clients then replace these unrealistic thoughts with more realistic ones.

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What does the psychodynamic model emphasize?

Thoughts

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True or False:

Proponents of the psychodynamic model believes that thoughts can be changed directly

False.

This is because this model believes that they’re fed by other unconscious ideas and impulses.