Mental Health Study
Guide 1
Resilient
-Ability and capacity to secure resources needed to support well-
being.
-Ability to withstand and recover quickly from difficult situation.
- Strive, adapt and recover
Mental illness versus physical illness
- Diathesis-stress Model (Nature versus nurture)
-Diathesis – Biological predisposition“Greek word”-
predisposition/sensibility
***EXAM***
-Stress – Environmental stress or trauma
-According to this model, people are born with a certain biological or
genetic predisposition to a mental illness.
-Most accepted explanation for mental illness how biology and
environment work together on people's minds
■ Assertion: Most psychiatric disorders result from a combination of
genetic vulnerability and negative environmental stressors
Traits of mental health to look at include:
- Is she thinking rationally?
- What about her communication skills?
- How has she handled stress in her life in the past? (resilience)
- How does she feel about her self (self-esteem)?
- Is she able to function as wife, mother, daughter, employee?
Optimism
- characteristic of a person who has a high level of resilience( the
ability to withstand quickly in any difficult situation).
Insulin Shock Therapy :
- insulin coma therapy (ICT) was a form of psychiatric treatment
in which patients were repeatedly injected with large doses of
insulin in order to produce daily comas over several weeks.
- Nurses must adjust their own practices to meet their patient’s cultural
beliefs and practices.
