PSY 395- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 53 pages long!)
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Linked to clinical depression, anger, impulsiveness, major stress, adolescent life itself. Immediate and chronic stressors (ex: loss or anniversary of loss, long-term illness: history of trauma (abuse, combat, mental illness, substance abuse problems, unbearable psychological pain, hopelessness, suicide as the only option, history of suicidal thinking or attempts. Isolation: protective factors, being married/partnered, good social support, religious involvement, access to mental health treatment, strong coping skills. Interventions: safety planning, hospitalization: treatment, when treatment follows a suicide attempt therapists try to help person achieve a nonsuicidal state of mind and develop better ways of handling stress and solving problems, emphasis has shifted to suicide prevention. Chapter 12: substance use and addictive disorders (focus on alcohol) Physiological effects of alcohol: classified as a depressant (slow the activity of central nervous system. Also opioids and sedatives: helps gaba (inhibitory messenger) shut down neurons and relax the drinker, more alcohol = quieter brain, all alcoholic beverages contain ethyl alcohol, blood alcohol content (bac)
