Mental Health Outline
I. Self – Esteem
A. Four Elements of Self – Esteem
1. Recognize and accept one’s strengths
2. Achieve a sense of belonging
3. Develop a sense of power
4. Have and imitate positive role models
B. Self Talk
1. Positive
2. Negative
C. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
1. Physical Needs
2. Emotional Needs
3. Aesthetic Needs
4. Self-Fulfilling Needs
D. Defense Mechanisms
1. Repression
2. Suppression
3. Rationalization
4. Regression
5. Denial
6. Compensation
7. Projection
8. Idealizations
II. Stress
A. Kinds of Stress
1. Distress
2. Eustress
B. Kinds of Stressors
1. Biological
2. Environmental
3. Cognitive or Thinking
4. Personal Behavior
5. Life Situation
C. Body’s Response to Stress
1. Alarm
2. Resistance
3. Fatigue
D. Stress and the Brain
1. Stress Tolerance
E. Stress and Personality Types
1. Type A
2. Type B
3. Hardy Personality
F. Stress and the Body-Mind Connection
1. High Blood Pressure
2. Headaches
3. Asthma
4. Immune Response
5. Psychosomatic Response
G. Signs of Stress
H. Managing Stress
1. Planning
2. Rechanneling Energy
3. Relaxing
4. Laughing
5. Time Management
I. Coping with Loss
1. Kinds of Loss
2. Stages of Loss
a. Denial
b. Anger
c. Bargaining
d. Depression
e. Acceptance
3. Responding to Loss
a. Grief Counseling
b. Delayed Grief Response
III. Mental Disorders
A. Anxiety Disorders
1. Phobias
2. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
3. Panic Disorder
4. Post-Traumatic Stress
B. Somatoform Disorders
1. Hypochondria
C. Affective Disorders
1. Clinical Depression
2. Bipolar Disorder
D. Personality Disorders
1. Antisocial Personality Disorder
2. Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorder
3. Schizophrenia