PSYC 3690 Lecture Notes - Bibliotherapy, Harm Reduction, Health Promotion
9 Oct 2013
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1: what is mental health, what are the signs or criteria that mean an individual is mentally healthy brainstorm. Able to function in every day life. 2: low scorer: has difficulty managing everyday affairs; feels unable to change or improve. Purpose in life: high scorer: has goals in life and a sense of directness; feels there is meaning to present and practice beliefs that give life purpose; has aims and objectives for living. Personal growth: has a feeling of continued development; sees self as growing and expanding. There is no line that neatly divides the mentally healthy form unhealthy. Iatrogenic treatment that"s creates more illness than it fixes. Removing negative social stigmas about mental health and seeking help. Fostering a positive learner centered social and intellectual climate @ school. 3: allowed people to be treated in the community because their symptoms were under more control, allowed out-patient treatment, many of these medications have side-effects (tardif dyskinesia.
