Adjustment

and
Mental
Health
Presenter: Villamor, Reinald Francis A.
Adjustment TOPICS TO DISCUSS

and Mental Frustration

Defense Reactions to Frustrations or
Health Defense Mechanisms
Neurotic Reactions
Dissociative Reaction
Psychosexual Disorders
Psychotic Disorders
Mood Disorders
 Occurs when goal achievement is
blocked. While, conflict is created

Frustration when incompatible response

tendencies are aroused. These
frustrations and conflicts when
ineffectively handled by an individual
may result to mental problems
F A NT A S Y O R D A Y D R EA MI NG
-Temporary escape from difficulties or Defense
Reactions to
real life into a world of fantasy where
one's desires can be fulfilled in

Frustrations
imagination

NO MA D I S M
attempt to get away from frustrating
or Defense
situation Mechanisms
R EGR ES S I O N
an unconscious return to an earlier
and less mature level of adaptation

R EPR ES S I O N

process of excluding from the

unconsciousness a thought or feeling
that causes pain , shame or guilt
D I S PL A CED A GGR ES S I O N

-wherein the individual's pent up Defense

emotional tensions are redirected
toward ideas, persons or objects
Reactions to
other than the primary source of
frustrations.
Frustrations
scapegoating
free-floating anger
or Defense
suicide
Mechanisms
R EA CT I O N F O R MA T I O N
-individual does the direct opposite of
what he feels

I D ENT I F I CA T I O N
the individual enhances his feelings of
importance by imitating or acquiring
the characteristics of a person whom
he admires
I NT R O J ECT I O NS
-imitates the characteristics of the
person he fears
Defense
PR O J ECT I O N Reactions to
-The individual attributes his
unacceptable thoughts or desire to
Frustrations
others or Defense
S UB L I MA T I O N Mechanisms
-an adjustment mechanism by which
unconscious and unacceptable
desires are directed into activities that
have strong social approval
CO MPENS A T I O N
-the person attempts to disguise the
presence weak or undesirable trait by
Defense
emphasizing a desirable one to
reduce a feeling of inferiority
Reactions to
Frustrations
or Defense
R A T I O NA L I ZA T I O N
Mechanisms
-plausible but false reasons are
devised by the individual to explain
and justify his behavior that is
deemed to result in less of self-
esteem or social approval
Abnormal Reaction to Frustation

O B S ES S I V E
CO MPUL S I V E
A NX I ET Y PH O B I A its is characterized by
NEUR O S ES Experiences anxiety or persistent irrational
is manifested by vague irrational or ideas accompanies by
fears about the future exaggerated fear on a irresistible urges to
accompaned by specific objects, perform some act over
psychological stress situations, or activites and over again.
Abnormal Reaction to Frustation

CO NV ER S I O N O B S ES S I V E
R EA CT I O N CO MPUL S I V E
People with disorder its is characterized by
show motor and persistent irrational
sensory disturbances ideas accompanies by
as well as sympt irresistible urges to
perform some act over
and over again.
 D I S S O CI A T I V E A MNES I A
it is the loss of memory as aa result of
repression

D I S S O CI A T I V E F UGUE
Dissociative it is the loss of memory accompanied
by an actual physical flight.
Reaction
D I S S O CI A T I V E I D ENT I T Y
D I S O R D ER
The individual develops two or more
personality (alter) which may
alternate with the core
personality(host).
Psychosexual
Disorders EX H I B H I T I O NI S M F ET I S H I S M
Exposure of genital to recurrent intense
Paraphillias - experiences other people sexual attraction to
recurrent,strong sexual urges objects
and arousing fantasies focused
on inanimate objects, on the
suffering or humiliating of
oneself or one's partner or
others.
F R O T T EUR I S M PED O PH I L L I A
Masturbating by SEXUAL URGE
rubbing against or TOWARD CHILDREN
fondling on the person

CHS | Mental Health

Psychosexual
Disorders MA S O CH I S M SADISM
Seeks sexual Sexual pleasure from
gratification by receiving inflicting pain or harm
pain to others or partner(s)

T R A NS V ES T I C F ET I S H I S M
A man achieves satisfaction or
pleasure by uncontrollable desire to
wear clothes of a woman.
 Psychotic
Disorders ASSOCIATION AUTISM
-Disorders of thought; tendency to maintain an
Schizophrenia - Came form
idiosyncratic style of
the Greek words schizo -
egocentric behavior or
and phrenia - mind. A thought;
person with disorder shows
(4) fundamental features

AMBIVALENCE AFFECT
inability to follow through disorders of the
or to make a decision; expression or experience
of emotions
DEPRESSIVE DISORDER
People with this disorder experience
an overwhelming, deep and
unshakable sadness and diminished
interest in nearly all activites

BIPOLAR DISORDER
Have mood alternates between
extreme mania and depression and
usually occurs in late teens or 20s and
significantly occurs in men, whereas
women typically experience
depression first.
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Your chemistry is not your character.
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