Title: Psychosocial Health: Achieving Mental, Emotional, Social, and Spiritual Wellness
1Chapter 2
Part 1 Finding the Right Balance
- Psychosocial Health Achieving Mental, Emotional,
Social, and Spiritual Wellness
2Psychosocial Dimensions OfHealth
- INTELLECTUAL (thinking)
- EMOTIONAL (feeling)
- SOCIAL (relationships)
- SPIRITUAL (being)
3Psychosocial Health
- How we face lifes up and downs
- Challenges
- Disappointments
- Joys frustrations
- Pain
- Complex interaction
- Between a persons history and conscious
unconscious thoughts interpretations of the past
4Resiliency CharacteristicsPS Health
- Feel good about themselves
- Feel comfortable with people
- Control tension stress
- Meet the demands of life
- Curb hate guilt
- Positive outlook
- Enrich the lives of others
- Cherish things that make them smile
- Value diversity
- Appreciate nature
5Consider Your Personal PsychosocialHEALTH !
6INTELLECTUAL HEALTHThe Thinking You
- The ability to
- reason / interpret / remember
- sense / perceive / evaluate
- solve problems / sort through clutter of life
- Positive / negative development
- develop healthy attitudes beliefs - body,
family, relationships, and life - learn, understand, appreciate
- differences / contradictions
7EMOTIONAL HEALTHIntense FEELINGS / SUBJECTIVE
- Minute to minute
- Day to day
- Loving
- Caring
- Hating
- Hurt
- Despair
- Release
- Joy
- Anxiety
- Fear
- Frustration
- Anger
- The emotional experience
8Lazarus - Four Basic TypesEMOTIONS
- Emotions from harm, loss or threats
- From benefits
- Borderline - hope and compassion
- Complex - grief, disappointment, bewilderment and
curiosity
9EMOTIONAL RESPONSES(Non Life-threatening)
HEALTH vs. UNHEALTHY
- Healthy
- Stable
- Appropriate
- Non-extreme
- Behave consistently
- Adopt an offensive attack mode
- Unhealthy
- Feelings overpower
- Highly volatile
- Unpredictable emotional outbursts
- Frightening responses
- Verbal / physical violence
10Emotions Social Interactions
- Display
- Hostility
- Withdrawn
- Mood fluctuations
- Grumpy
- Nasty
- Hurtful
- Get Help!!!!
11SOCIAL HEALTHInteractions With
OthersAchievement and Maintenance of Health
- Social bonds
- Provide intimacy
- Belonging / integration
- Give / receive nurturance
- Provide reassurance of worth
- Assistance guidance
- Providing advice
- Feel connected to life live
12Social Support
- Expressive Support
- Emotional Support / Encouragement
- Structural Support
- Housing / Money
- Children - Families
- Expressive Structural
- Adults - Develop Own
- Social network - Friends /
- Family
13Prejudice Cults Social Health
- Extreme groups / belonging support
- Cults
- Elements / social health
- Negative representation
- Aggressive
- Hate
- Bias
14Spiritual HealthDifficult-to-describe Element
That Gives Zest For Life
- A unifying force that gives propose or meaning to
life - Nature, family, religion, community
- Egocentric / self orientated
- Clothing, car, home, possessions
- Western civilization denies spiritual until later
in life - Death, failed relationships,
- Midlife crisis - sense of spiritual bankruptcy
- What if i die tomorrow
15Factors Influencing Psychosocial Health
- External influences
- Family - adjustments
- Dysfunctional families
- Greater environment
- Where you live
- Education
- Access to health services
- easy to define
- difficult to assess
- Psychosocially well
- Virtually all the time
- Some of the time
- Almost never
16External Influences
- Family Situations
- healthy / supportive /nurturing / happiness
- OR!
- violence / sexual, physical, emotional abuse /
distrust / anger / dietary deprivation - Dysfunctional families
- Greater Environment
- Where you live / safety / stressors / threats
- Education / Lifestyle
- Access to health services
17Internal Influences
- Hereditary traits
- Hormonal functioning
- Physical health status
- Formative years
- school, sports, self
- perception, job,
- relationships
- Personal worth
- Self Esteem
18SELF PERCEPTIONBelieving in Yourself
- Belief in your ability to perform a task
successfully - Internal resources allow you to control a
situation - Past failures influence what you do now - I give
up / why bother
- Self - efficacy
- Personal control
- Learned helplessness
19Personality Freud
- Unconscious desire for immediate gratification
- wants and needs- disregards laws / society /
others - Personality forces that restrain the Id - Satisfy
the Id in socially acceptable ways - Personality forces that act as our conscious
20Psychology
- B.F. Skinner - all behavior learned by reward and
punishment - Right Vs. Wrong
- Personality development of emotional health
successful completion of tasks at various ages - Emotional well being based on hierarchy of needs
- Behavioral psychology
- Developmental psychology
- Humanistic psychology
21Life Span and Maturity
- Personality impossible to define
- Dynamic
- Temperaments change as we grow
- Early development or lack can influence our lives
- Self-esteem - sense of self, respect confidence
22Developing and Maintaining Self-Esteem
- Perception from others
- Internalized / realized/ demonstrated
- Strength training for self-esteem
- Find A support group peers who share values,
goals, positive, honest - Help you develop as a person
23Self-Esteem.., continued
- Forming realistic expectations
- life is not all Or nothing
- Taking and making time for yourself
- Maintaining physical health
- Examining problems and seeking help (if required)
24Getting Adequate Amounts of Rest
- fix worries or grief
- alcohol or smoking
- avoid heavy meals
- reduce caffeine
- avoid daytime naps
- spend an hour resting
- before trying to sleep
- dont worry about sleep
- clocks / out of direct sight
- sleep at regular schedules
25When Thing Go Wrong Depression.
- Facts Fallacies
- Real Depression not a natural reaction to crisis
and loss - People will not snap out of depression with a
little will power - leading cause of suicide - Frequent crying not related to depression
- Depression is not all in the mind
- Genetic predisposition
- many causes
- many treatments
- Endogenous - biochemical disorder
(neurotransmitter) - Exogenous - external cause
- Symptoms Similar
- sadness
- joyless
- loss of interest - work / school
- fatigue
- hopelessness / worthlessness
- sleeplessness
26Depression continued
- Facts Fallacies
- Real Depression not a natural reaction to crisis
and loss - People will not snap out of depression with a
little will power - leading cause of suicide - Frequent crying not related to depression
- Depression is not all in the mind
- Genetic predisposition
- many causes
- many treatments
27Treating Depression
- Pharmacological
- relieve symptoms - sleep appetite
- Antidepressant drugs - 80
- Electroconvulsive therapy
- shock treatment
- every 5 seconds for 15 to 20
- minutes
- Psychotherapeutic
- social interpersonal
- cognitive - view life rationally / less
pessimistic - 6 to 8 months
- interpersonal therapy - correct chronic human
relationship problems
28Other Disorders...
- Obsessive
- compulsive
- disorder
- - a disorder characterized by obsessive thoughts
or habitual behavior that can not be controlled
- cleanliness - washing hand 20 times before eating
- pulling out hair
- self mutilation
- causes are unclear
- avoiding deeper problems
- lack of neurotransmitter serotonin ( emotion
motivation)
29Anxiety Disorders
- Disorders characterized by persistent feeling of
anxiety in coping with everyday problems of
living.., - fatigue, back pains, headaches, unreality,
- weakness in legs, and losing control.
Take a LOOK INSIDE!
30Phobias and others
- Phobias A deep and persistent fear of a specific
object, activity, situation - spiders, flying, heights, public speaking, eating
in public places - Panic Attacks
- Disabling Terror
- breathing, heart rate, sweating, shaking,
choking, trembling - Heart Attack
- Biochemical imbalance
31Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Light Therapy
- Mimics Sunlight
- A Type of Depression
- the winter blues
- reduced sunlight
- irritability, apathy, CHO craving,
- weight gain, more sleep sadness.
- Hypothalamus function
- external stimuli
- response regulator
- women 4X more than men
- ages 20 to 40
- Canadians at high risk
- Latitude matters
32Suicide Giving Up On LifeA Cry for Help, Gone
Wrong
- 3,500 each year
- University Students
- poor coping skills
- lack of social support
- low self-esteem
- perspective of negative situation
- women attempt 4X the rate of men
- men are 3X more successful
33Suicide.. Continued...
- Risk Factors
- family history
- previous attempts
- drug / alcohol
- depression...
- financial
- loss of loved one
- death or rejection
34Warning Signals of Suicide
- I cant take it anymore
- I might as well end it
- soon the pain will be over
- giving away prized possessions
- loss of interest
- personality change
- risk taking
- personal appearance
- drug / alcohol use
35Suicide. Continued!
- monitor warning signals
- take threats seriously
- tell them you care are there for them
- listen
- ask directly
- dont challenge the attempt
- alternatives
- get help / remove pills / guns etc..
- tell family members
36When do I need help????
- I think I need it
- mood swings
- problems effect daily life
- withdrawn
- hallucinations
- life - worth living?
- Inadequate / worthless
- emotional response situation dont match
- crises
- Cant get act together
suicidal drugs/alcohol use
37Seeking Professional Help!
- Psychiatrist Licensed Physician specialists
mental / emotional disorders - Psychoanalyst reveals past traumas blocking
personal growth - Clinical /Psychiatric Social worker Maters
Degree, work in clinical settings/ sometimes
insured by employee assistance programs - Counsellor Wide variety of services, academic -
family, relationship, self-esteem, behaviours - Anyone can have the title of Counsellor-
- so check them out!