AOS 4 UNIT 2

• high level of functioning 


  being able to interact in society, cope with everyday stressors + undertake everyday tasks such as personal hygiene, employment, social interactions
• high level of resilience 


  being able to adapt + cope with life challenges to restore positive functioning like "bouncing back" these people tend to have high emotional awareness
• high level of social + emotional wellbeing


  social= strong communication skills, good at conflict resolution, strong support network, respectful emotional= strong ability to understand/regulate emotions, enjoy life despite occasional disappointments
• model of SEWB


  comprises, body, mind/emotions, family/kinship, community, culture, country, spirituality/ancestors determinants do not occur in isolation but affect concurrently including social, historical and political determinants
• connection to body


  physical health, feeling strong, healthy + able to physically participate as fully possible in life
• connection to mind + emotions


  mental health, ability to manage thoughts, feelings
• connection to family/kinship


  central to functioning of ATSI societies
• connection to community


  provides opportunities for individuals or family to connect with each other, support and work together
• connection to culture


  provides a sense of continuity with the past, helps underpin a strong identity
• connection to country


  helps underpin identity, sense of belonging
• connection to spirituality, ancestors 


  provides a sense of purpose or meaning
• mentally healthy 


  being in a generally positive state of mental wellbeing, having the ability to cope with or manage lifes challenges
• mental health problem


  adversely affects the way a person thinks, feels or behaves but typically to a lesser extent/shorter duration of a disorder
• mental health disorder


  involves a combo of thoughts, feelings, behaviors associated with significant personal distress, which impair the ability to function effectively in everyday life
• internal factors


  originate inside or within biological - influences not under our control psych- mental processes like thoughts, beliefs, attitudes
• external factors 


  originate outside social- work or school, quality of relationships, support available
• holistic approach


  each domain has equal importance, specific factors may have more or less influence on mental wellbeing but everything combines, interacts in a complex way
• biopsychosocial model


  describing how biological, psychological, social factors combine and interact to influence a persons mental health (its holistic) as person is functioning in their unique environment
• anxiety


  state of physiological arousal, associated with feelings of worry about the future
• phobia 


  excessive or irrational fear of a particular object/ situation, when it starts to cause stress or interfere with normal functioning = phobic disorder
• specific phobia


  persistent, irrational, intense fear of object/event
• GABA 


  inhibitory neurotransmitter in CNS that calms anxiety + makes post synaptic neurons less likely to fire
• long term potentiation (LTP)

  long lasting strengthening of synaptic connections due to repeated coactivation
• (benzo)diaepines 


  medication that alleviates anxiety symptoms, by reducing physiological arousal
• breathing retraining


  teaching someone how to control their breathing in the presence of phobic stimulus
• cognitive bias


  tendency to think in a way that involves errors of judgement + faulty decision-making
• memory bias


  when recall or recognition is stronger for negative/threatening info than positive/neutral info
• catastrophic thinking


  negatively believing something as more dangerous/threatening than it really is, thinking of the worst outcome