Health Sciences 1001A/B Lecture Notes - Erik Erikson, Abraham Maslow, Behaviour Therapy
13 Sep 2013
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Our capacity to think, feel, behave in ways that contribute to our ability to enjoy life and manage challenges: natural to experience various emotions but how you cope is how healthy you are. Not merely presence of wellness or absence of sickness: psychological health influenced by variety of factors. Adopted positive outlook of psychological health and believed presence of wellness was of great importance. Described hierarchy of needs one must work toward to get positive psychological health. Once certain needs are met, can move up: want to reach self-actualization, most struggle at love and belongingness and self-esteem. Psychological health is not the same as psychological normality: being mentally normal simply means being close to average. Psychological diversity brings about wide variety of ideas, lifestyles, and attitudes. Mere presence or absence of symptoms does not determine if someone is mentally ill or mentally healthy. Everyone must learn to cope with life"s challenges: life challenges test your psychological health.
