Mapeh 9th monthly

• Anorexia Nervosa


  Fear of gaining weight and conspicuous distortion of body image
• Social factors


  • Life events such as transferring to a new school, receiving of reports, disappointment in love, or even feeling awkward about body changes
• Bulimia Nervosa


  Characterized as someone who eats a lot of food in a short time then gets rid of the food to prevent gaining weight
• Compulsive Eating Disorder


  They eat very fast, unable to stop eating, eat when they are not hungry, eat when they are alone, or eat nonstop throughout the day
• The World Health Organization defines mental health as "a state of well being in which every individual realizes their own potential"
• Stress


  The body's response to events that make them feel threatened or upset
• Distress


  Negative stress, is the condition of the body where its well-being is being threatened or attacked
• Cortisol


  Hormone that stirs up the body of emerge action
• Depression


  Is a common mental disorder that can affect anyone
• Denial


  • Normal reaction to death or loss and should never be interpreted as "not caring"
• Anger


  • Individual feels helpless and powerless
• Bargaining


  • The individual becomes obsessed with thoughts of what they could have done to prevent the loss
• Depression


  • Individual starts to realize the extent and effect of the loss
• Acceptance


  • Individual begins to come to terms with all the emotions and feelings that they experienced when the death occurred
• Mental disorder


  Are generally characterized by abnormal thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and relationships with others
• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)


  • Three main features: inattentiveness, hyperactivity, impulsivity
• Bipolar disorder


  Joy to sadness occurs often and overwhelms the person, also known as manic depressive disorder
• Manic phase


  • Characterized by overactivity and restlessness
• Schizophrenia


  Means "split mind", characterized by having both hallucinations and delusions
• Eugen Bleuler coined the word schizophrenia
• Hallucinations


  Sensing things that are not real, described by those who experienced it as "like record playing in my head"
• Delusions


  Misinterpretation of perceptions or experiences
• Thoughts and movements disorders


  • Unusual or dysfunctional ways of thinking, speech, and body movements
• Emotional unresponsiveness


  • Shows "flat effect", reduced expression of emotions either by facial, and body movements
• Avolition


  • Lack of motivation or having difficulty to do things
• Social withdrawal


  • Shows social isolation, lack of contact with other people
• Cognitive symptoms


  • Changes in the memory of the person that causes poor thoughts processes
• Scientific method


  Systematic approach to investigating and explaining phenomena and solving problems using carefully gathered and analyzed
• The Scientific Method At Work

  1. Observe

  2. Research

  3. Hypothesize

  4. Test

  5. Analyze

  6. Conclude
• Observe

  Observing your surroundings and being aware of what is happening around you can help identify a specific problem to solve
• Research

  Go to the library or visit reliable websites on the internet, and read up on information related to the problem you identified
• Hypothesize

  Make an educated guess on the factors that affect your particular problem
• Test

  Design your experiment to test your hypothesis
• Analyze

  Organize your data in tables and graphs to easily visualize your results
• Conclude

  Based on your findings and interpretation of the data, draw a conclusion and see if it agrees with your hypothesis
• Independent variable

  What factor do I want to change or manipulate
• Dependent variable

  What factor do I want to observe or measure
• Controlled variable

  What factor do I want to keep constant or the same
• Hypothesis

  Tentative explanation for a phenomenon or problem
• Theory

  Statement based on facts and relies on observation, research, and experimentation