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Examining what it means to be mentally healthy, exploring the concept of a mental health continuum and factors that explain how location on the continuum for an individual may vary over time. Applying a biopsychosocial approach to analyse mental health and mental disorder, and evaluate the roles of predisposing, precipitating, perpetuating and protective factors in contributing to a person’s mental state. Exploring the concepts of resilience and coping and investigate the psychological basis of strategies that contribute to mental wellbeing.
Benzodiazepines - Benzodiazepines, sometimes called "benzos", are a class of psychoactive drugs whose core chemical structure is the fusion of a benzene ring and a diazepine ring.
Classical conditioning - Classical conditioning is a type of learning that had a major influence on the school of thought in psychology known as behaviorism, discovered by Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov.
Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) - Cognitive behavioral therapy is a psycho-social intervention that aims to improve mental health.
Cognitive bias - A cognitive bias is a systematic pattern of deviation from norm or rationality in judgment.
Continuum - a coherent whole characterised as a collection, sequence, or progression of values or elements varying by minute degrees.
Fight-flight response - an automatic physiological reaction to an event that is perceived as stressful or frightening.
GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) - a naturally occurring amino acid that works as a neurotransmitter in your brain.
Genetic Predispositions - an increased likelihood of developing a particular disease based on a person's genetic makeup.
HPA Axis - The hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis is a complex set of direct influences and feedback interactions among three components: the hypothalamus, the pituitary gland, and the adrenal glands.
Interpersonal relationships - An interpersonal relationship is a strong, deep, or close association or acquaintance between two or more people that may range in duration from brief to enduring.
Long-term potentiation (LTP) - one of the main mechanisms involved in synaptic plasticity.
Memory bias - a deviation in recall where memories are either recalled more easily or with more difficulty than they should be.
Neurochemistry - the branch of biochemistry concerned with the processes occurring in nerve tissue and the nervous system.
Operant conditioning - a type of associative learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.
Physiological responses - an automatic reaction that triggers a physical response to a stimulus.
Placebo - A placebo is a substance or treatment which is designed to have no therapeutic value.
Precontemplation - the stage at which there is no intention to change behaviour in the foreseeable future or unaware or under-aware of their problems
Psychoeducation - the way that mental health professionals teach people about their mental health conditions and disorders.
Rumination - Rumination is the focused attention on the symptoms of one's distress, and on its possible causes and consequences, as opposed to its solutions.
Self-efficacy - a person's belief that they can be successful when carrying out a particular task
Socio-economic status - an individual's or group's position within a hierarchical social structure.
Systematic desensitisation - a behavioral technique commonly used to treat fear, anxiety disorders and phobias.
Transtheoretical model - an integrative theory of therapy that assesses an individual's readiness to act on a new healthier behavior, and provides strategies, or processes of change to guide the individual.
