Mental Health Study Guide



Mental Health Study Guide Key

Short answer

1. What are the three sides of the wellness triangle?

Physical Health, Mental Health, & Social Health

2. What are the three factors that shape your personality?

Heredity, Environment, and Behavior

3. Explain the fight or flight response. Please answer the following in your explanation: What are the physical symptoms, what can cause this response, how does the response stop or end?

When we sense danger the body reacts instantly, sending signals to the nervous system. Your body gets ready to fight off the danger or run from it. Once the brain receives an all clear message, the body goes back to normal.

Physical symptoms: increase in heart rate blood pressure and breathing. Sweat, aches in the stomach, head and chest.

4. List the two most common eating disorders and explain them:

Anorexia: When you starve yourself due to the fear of being overweight.

Bulimia: When you binge and purge due to the fear of being

overweight.

5. List the six steps in the decision making model:

1) Identify the problem 2) List the possible solutions 3) List the consequences 4) Consider your values 5) Make a decision

6) Evaluate the decision.

6. List the 6 pillars of character:

Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility,

Fairness, Caring, & Citizenship.

7. Please list the warning signs of suicide:

- Statements such as “I want to die”

- Shying away from activities with friends/family

- Changes in sleeping and eating patterns

- Low level of energy

- Giving away prized possessions

- Taking greater risks than usual

- Past history of suicide attempts

8. List 2 mental disorders (other than depression and an eating disorder): explain each one and give an example:

This question will be for extra credit on the test.

Matching

J 9. Eustress A) A tiny brain structure that keeps track

of experiences that triggers strong emotions.

G 10. Psychosis B) The picture you have of and the way

you believe you are seen by others.

D 11. Mental Health C) When a fear gets in the way of a

person’s ability to function in life.

C 12. Neurosis D) Your ability to like yourself and accept

yourself as you are.

F 13. Fatigue E) The sum total of feelings, attitudes

and habits.

A 14. Amygdale F) Extreme tiredness.

G) Inability to function in the real world.

I 15. Phobia

H) A strong mood involving sadness and

a lack of energy over a long period of time.

B 16. Self-Concept

I) An intense fear reaction to a particular

thing.

E 17. Personality

J) Helps you accomplish and meet goals.

H 18. Depression

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