Health Sciences 1001A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Canadian Mental Health Association, Fad Diet, Mood Disorder
16 Oct 2011
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Encompasses the mental, emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions of health. Defined as psychological normality: normal = close to average, psychosocial diversity is valuable, don"t have the same normal for psychological health. Determined on the basis of symptoms alone: e. g. , anxiety sadness. Determined from the way people look (people can hide their emotions, it"s not easy to tell if someone is suffering psychologically) The absence of [mental] sickness: negative definition, narrow. The presence of [mental] wellness: positive definition, broad. Fulfillment of human potential: maslow"s hierarchy of needs. Described an ideal of mental health (self-actualization) Studies individuals who lived full lives (psychologically healthy people) Advanced a hierarchy of needs in order of urgency: physiological needs = most urgent. When urgent needs are satisfied, we move up the pyramid, less urgent needs take priority. Those who make it to the top of the needs hierarchy achieve self-actualization. Self- actualized individuals = psychologically health individuals. Cannot redo the past (e. g. , childhood past experiences, etc. )
