PSYC 3690 Lecture Notes - Crass, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Biology Of Depression
24 Sep 2013
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The root of a mental illness can be anything that may have disrupted ones life dramatically or traumatically. Such as a non- normative death, such as a parent, or a negative perspective of something personal, like body image, etc. Biological, psychological, environmental or social: how would you define mental health? (what are the signs of mental health) distorted perspective or untrue perspective of something personal that may cause feeling of sadness, anxiety, hatred of oneself. Lecture two: jan 10: issues with mental health are that many people who are clinically mentally ill do not seek help. 2: positive mental health is not the absence of illness but the presence of resources that help people to cope. Definitions pulled from the book: self acceptance: positive attitude towards themselves and they accept the fact they are multidimensional (lover, daughter, parent, employee, friend, artist, etc. ).
