KP231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Starbucks, Malnutrition, Canadian Mental Health Association
17 Jan 2018
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Kp231 lecture topic 5: our capacity to think, feel and behave in ways that contribute to our ability to enjoy life and manage challenges, contributes to all wellness dimensions. If not mentally healthy, difficult to maintain wellness: ex. physical, emotional, social. Influenced by: external factors (ex. support, stressors) ***psychologically health people do what? (answe(cid:396) this (cid:395)uestion throughout reading) Starbucks: better to have a reaction/show emotion (ex. anxious) than hide it. Just as with physical conditions: feared and misunderstood, due to lack of education. Cause of mental illness: no single cause, biochemical imbalances (depression), genetic, environmental, etc, historically parents blamed if child developed some form of mental illness. Risk factors: family history, malnutrition or exposure to viruses while in the womb, stress (too much or not dealing with it, chronic medical conditions, medication use, child abuse/neglect, lack of friendships or healthy relationships.
