HLTH 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Dysthymia, Mood Disorder
31 Jan 2017
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Psychological or mental health capacity to think, feel and behave in ways that contribute to our ability to enjoy life and manage challenges. Psychological wellness can be supported or sabotaged by factors like . Dietary choices, sleep patterns, and relationship issues. Good psychological health = positive sense of emotional and spiritual well-being that values fairness, culture, dignity and interpersonal connections. More negative definition of psychological health: the absence of sickness/illness. Psychological health the presence of wellness; encourages us to fulfil our own potential. Hierarchy of needs (in order of decreasing importance) When urgent (life-sustaining) needs are satisfied, less basic needs take priority. Achievement of self-actualization = fulfillment of a good measure of their human potential. Self actualization the highest level of growth in maslow"s hierarchy. Realism: people who are realistic, know the difference between what is real and what they want, can cope with the world as it exists without demanding that it be different, accept evidence that contradicts beliefs.
