BPK 140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Social Anxiety Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Panic Disorder
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Overview: through the autonomic nervous system (ans), thoughts and feelings are relected physically. Muscles around blood vessels tense and relax, altering blood low, nutrient supply, and temperature of diferent regions. Mental health: abraham maslow looked into mental wellness by studying a group of successful people who seemed to be living at their fullest. He called these self-actualized people people who had fully realized their mental and emoional potenial in life: found self-actualized people shared certain qualiies. Largely accepted themselves and other for who they were. Respond to life in genuine and spontaneous way. Capable of inimacy, willing to be vulnerable and expose their thoughts and feelings to others. Creaive, playful, and embrace change: having stable environment with consistent parening, feeling safe and protected, and being loved and respected all help build a strong foundaion for psychological health, throughout childhood, we are quire dependent on our parents.