PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

FINALS
2ND SEMESTER │ AY: 2022 – 2023

MENTAL HEALTH & WELL-BEING BIPOLAR I BIPOLAR II

manic depression hypomanic
• Two concepts that talk about the totality of individual in - “I can do anything /
terms of physical, emotional, mental, and social aspect. everything.”
- suicidal thoughts
MENTAL HEALTH
• As important as our physical health. BRIEF SCHIZOPHRENIFORM SCHIZOPHRENIA
• Includes our emotional, psychological, and social well- ➢ 1 month ➢ 6 months
being.
WELL-BEING
• Affects how we think, feel, and act.
• Hels determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and • The optimal psychological experience and functioning of an
make choices. individual.
→ The achievement of expected developmental milestones • Consists of positive indicators in their physical,
and the establishment of effective coping skills, secure psychological, cognitive, social, and economic domains.
attachments, and positive social relationships” (Friedrich, ➢ PHYSICAL – health, nutrition, body care, etc.
Mendez & Mihalas, 2010) ➢ PSYCHOLOGICAL – life satisfaction, resilience, self-worth,
• Need to have a positive quality of life, free of etc.
psychopathology or, mental illness, and are able to function ➢ COGNITIVE – academic achievement, cognitive ability,
well in different areas. school related behavior, etc.
➢ SOCIAL – relation with other parents, peers, and community
➢ ECONOMIC – family, resources, income, etc.
MALADAPTIVE COPING
• The methods a person uses to attempt to reduce their
stress or anxiety, but in an ineffective, unhealthy way. MENTAL HEALTH & PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING
Substance abuse • According to Seligman (2011), PWB consists of PERMA.
Emotional numbing positive emotions
Rumination engagement
Intrusive thoughts positive relationships
Self-harm and binge eating sense of meaning
etc. sense of accomplishment
• Based on maladaptive behaviors. ❖ Higher rate PERMA = high levels of positive emotions &
greater capacity to flourish in life.
PERSONALITY DISORDER MENTAL ILLNESS
➢ ego syntonic ➢ ego dystonic ENGAGEMENT
• Experience with “flow”
5 Ds OF MENTAL ILLNESS
DANGER POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS
• Life threatening • Strong interpersonal relationships.
• Manic state
MEANING
DEFIANT • Belonging to and serving something you believe.
• Rebel
• Going against the norm SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT
• Feelings of success, achievement, competence, and
DISTRESS mastery.
• Munchausen syndrome
By proxy MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS IN ADOLESCENCE

DYSFUNCTION ANXIETY
• Commonly caused by distress
• A negative mood state characterized by bodily symptoms
DURATION of physical tension and by apprehension about the future.
• How long (American Psychiatric Association, 2013; Barlow, 2002)
• It is a felt, affective, unpleasant state accompanied by a
physical sensation that warns the person against
 impending danger. (Freud, 1933/1964) or change a particular feeling or emotion.
• It can be a subjective sense of unease, a set of behaviors Such as cutting, sometimes are described as tension-
(looking worried and anxious or fidgeting), or a reducing by people who engage in these behaviors
physiological response originating in the brain and reflected (Nock, 2010)
in elevated heart rate and muscle tension.
SUBSTANCE & ALCOHOL ABUSE
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE TOO MUCH ANXIETY? • Maladaptive pattern of substance and alcohol use.
• Abuse of drugs & other substances people take to alter the
✓ You might actually fail the exam because you can’t
way they think, feel, and behave.
concentrate on the questions.
✓ On a scheduled date with a new person, you might spend
the evening perspiring profusely, with a sick feeling in your ROAD TO PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING
stomach, unable to think of even one reasonably
interesting thing to say. SOCIAL SKILLS
• Try to understand different perspectives
FEAR ANXIETY • Learn to listen with empathy
➢ With stimulus ➢ About the future • Develop emotional intelligence
➢ Phobias • Learn to read facial expressions
▪ from bad • Learn impulse control
experiences;
instinct
• Learn to use the “I” message
Acknowledging one’s own needs, preferences,
boundaries, etc.
DEPRESSION
• Typically accompanied by a general loss of interest in People with DEPRESSION must have/take:
things and an inability to experience any pleasure from life, → Anti-depressant
including interactions with family or friends or → Talk therapy
accomplishments at work or at school. → CBT
• With disturbed physical functions o Challenge their thoughts
altered sleeping patterns ▪ Give options
significant changes in appetite and weight
notable loss of energy ANXIETY management/intervention:
• It includes cognitive symptoms. → Grounding experience
feelings of worthlessness and indecisiveness → Anti-anxiety
• With a deep sense of hopelessness and possibly even → Exposure therapy
despair.
• Highly withdrawn, with low energy, little motivation, lack of
EATING DISORDER treatment:
enjoyment or pleasure in daily living to the point that even
→ Therapy
the slightest activity or movement requires an
overwhelming effort.
ADDICTION treatment:
ANOREXIA NERVOSA → Rehabilitation
→ Support
• Chronic o Treat them as normal
• Eat nothing beyond minimal amounts of food, so body
weight sometimes drops dangerously. PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS
• Never satisfied with weight loss.
Staying the same weight from one day to the next or • Identify the problem
gaining any weight is likely to cause panic, anxiety, & • Brainstorm possible solutions
depression. • Evaluate the pros & cons of each situation
• Choose the best option
BULIMIA NERVOSA • Create back-up plans
• Out-of-control eating, followed by self-induced vomiting,
excessive use of laxatives, or attempts to purge the food.
• Individual attempts to compensate for binge eating &
potential weight gain, almost always by purging techniques.
❖ Males exercise as a bulimia nervosa reflex.

RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIORS

• Premarital sex, multiple sexual partners, unplanned
pregnancies.

SELF-INJURY
• Intentional damage to the body tissues in connection with