Learning effective decision-making skills helps people to better assess their options in life and the effects that different decisions may have. Techniques to improve decision-making include considering the benefits, drawbacks and costs of each possible choice a person faces.
Creative thinking can help people respond flexibly and adapt to things that happen to them. Critical thinking, which is related to creative thinking, is the ability to analyse information in an objective way. Critical thinking helps people to assess the factors that influence their own thoughts, feelings and attitudes.
Assertiveness is needed in order to stand up for oneself and other people and to remain firm even when provoked. Assertiveness allows people to express their points of view and priorities in a way that is not aggressive or reactive.
Communicating effectively means being able to express oneself, both verbally and nonverbally, in appropriate and understandable ways. People can learn to think about how they communicate and reflect on their effectiveness. Interpersonal skills are strategies people can use to get along with other people and navigate social situations. The
Communicating effectively means being able to express oneself, both verbally and nonverbally, in appropriate and understandable ways. People can learn to think about how they communicate and reflect on their effectiveness. Interpersonal skills are strategies people can use to get along with other people and navigate social situations. These skills allow us to make and keep friendly relationships, keep good connections with family members, and to end relationships constructively when necessary.
Self-awareness includes knowing oneself and understanding one’s character, strengths, weaknesses, desires, likes and dislikes. Self-awareness can help people understand their own thoughts, feelings and behaviour. It can also help people identify when they need help and learn how to ask for it. Empathy is the ability to imagine what life i
Self-awareness includes knowing oneself and understanding one’s character, strengths, weaknesses, desires, likes and dislikes. Self-awareness can help people understand their own thoughts, feelings and behaviour. It can also help people identify when they need help and learn how to ask for it. Empathy is the ability to imagine what life is like for another person, even in unfamiliar situations. Empathy can help people understand and accept others.
Resilience is the ability to recover from stressful situations and to treat them as opportunities to learn or simply as experiences. Coping is the ability to recognize and positively respond to stressful situations or difficult emotions. Coping with difficult emotions means recognizing these emotions in oneself and others, being aware of
Resilience is the ability to recover from stressful situations and to treat them as opportunities to learn or simply as experiences. Coping is the ability to recognize and positively respond to stressful situations or difficult emotions. Coping with difficult emotions means recognizing these emotions in oneself and others, being aware of how emotions can affect behavior, and being able to respond to emotions appropriately.
Stress reduction involves recognizing the sources of stress in one’s life, understanding what helps control them and responding accordingly. Different stress reduction techniques can be used such as physical exercise, breathing exercises, and asking for help.
Emotional regulation involves learning to control one’s emotions, rather than letting emotions control one’s behaviour or actions.
Problem-solving skills help people to understand problems, find solutions (alone or with others) and put the solutions into action. Techniques to improve problem-solving include critical and creative thinking in order to view difficulties as opportunities.
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Psychological abuse is intentional harm caused by using words (as opposed to physical attack) to hurt, provoke fear, embarrass, offend, threaten, or degrade another person; it serves to diminish an individual’s dignity or self-worth. Verbal abuse is a form of harassment.
The feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.
Illness or medical condition that lasts over a long period of time and usually causes long-term changes to the body and/or mind.
Cognitive impairment is defined as a measurable change in cognitive function. It affects the ability to think, concentrate, formulate ideas, reason, or remember. It is distinct from a learning disability as it may have been acquired later in life as a result of an accident or illness.
Permission for something to happen or agreement to do something, assuming the person has the information and mental capacity to know what they are consenting to and why.
Depression is a common mental disorder, involving persistent sadness or loss of interest or pleasure accompanied by several of the following symptoms: disturbed sleep or appetite, feelings of guilt or low self-worth, feelings of tiredness, poor concentration, difficulties making decisions, agitation or physical restlessness, talking or moving more slowly than normal, hopelessness, and suicidal thoughts or acts. A person with depression hasn't considerable difficulty with daily functioning (e.g. at home, school, or work).
Dispute is another word for disagreement or argument.
Attack, physical or verbal, at home by a spouse, significant other or relative.
Sadness connected to the death of a significant other.
A healthy lifestyle means regular exercise, good-quality sleep, a nutritious diet, social connection, and stress reduction when needed. It also means avoiding things that negatively affect health and well-being – such as smoking, harmful use of alcohol and other psychoactive substances. A healthy lifestyle is important for all people at all stages of their lives because it helps them to feel strong, to be proactive, and to achieve both physical and mental health. A healthy lifestyle can help to reduce the risk of developing many chronic physical and mental health conditions. It also helps manage the symptoms of mental health conditions (for example, regular exercise can improve one’s mood and concentration).
Mental health is vital to a person’s overall health and affects how we feel, think, and behave. It is also closely linked with physical health. Mental health is not just the absence of distress or illness but also includes a sense of well-being and feeling good about oneself, maintaining supportive relationships, and feeling that one can be meaningfully productive in the community while being able to cope with the typical stresses in life.
Mental Disorder is a syndrome characterized by clinically significant disturbances in an individual’s cognitive, emotional regulation, or behavior; reflects dysfunction in psychological, biological, or developmental processes underlying mental functioning. Mental disorders are usually associated with significant distress or disability in social, occupational, or other important activities.
Aggression resulting in physical assault/abuse, to another, with or without the use of a weapon. Examples include: hitting, shoving, pushing, punching, biting, spitting, pinching, or kicking the victim.
Significant life changes with challenges to adapt to new circumstances, which may be accompanied by feelings of depression, anxiety, and/or medically unexplained symptoms.
Self-harm includes any type of intentional injury to one’s own self which may or may not have a fatal intent or outcome. Types of self-harm behavior may include scratching, cutting, or burning oneself. While the intent of these behaviors may not be to kill oneself, there can still be serious physical and psychological consequences.
Sexual assault describes an actual or threatened use of violence to force a person (or child) to engage in sexual conduct such that the sexual integrity of the victim is violated. Examples of sexual assault include but are not limited to:- any sexualized activity that is known or might reasonably be known to be unwelcome, unwanted, offensive, intimidating, hostile, or otherwise inappropriate.
Includes incidents of unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature, when such conduct might reasonably be expected to cause insecurity, discomfort, offense or humiliation to another person or group. When submission to such conduct is made either implicitly or explicitly as a condition of employment, appointment, approval of privileges, educational/training opportunity, or receipt of services or a contract - such conduct interferes with a person’s ability to work or creates a difficult, intimidating, hostile or offensive home environment.
Stigma is a negative stereotype or perception that can lead someone to unfairly judge another person and falsely attribute negative characteristics to them. Mental health conditions are often stigmatized, and people with these conditions are sometimes made to feel that their experience is somehow their fault. Stigma can lead to prejudice (negative attitudes) and discrimination (negative behavior) towards people with mental health conditions and their loved ones. These negative processes often contribute to multiple forms of social exclusion and even the loss of full citizenship.
Threat (verbal or written) is a communicated intent to inflict physical or other harm on any person or to property by some unlawful act. Direct threat is a clear and explicit communication distinctly indicating the potential offender intends to do harm - for example, “I am going to make you pay for what you did to me.” Conditional threat involves a condition, - for example, “If you don’t leave me alone you will regret it.” Veiled threats usually involve body language or behaviors that leave little doubt in the mind of the victim that the perpetrator intends to harm.
A traumatic experience is usually a sudden event that threatens the life of the person and or the lives of their close family/friends. DSM IV is associated with feelings of horror, fear, and hopelessness. DSM 5 widened the definition of trauma e.g. to include hearing about a terrible event affecting close family/friends.
Any actual, attempted, or threatened conduct, or natural disaster e.g. earthquake, that causes physical and/or psychological harm, or that gives a person a reason to believe that they or another person is at risk of physical or psychological harm. Includes but is not limited to, any actual or attempted assault, including sexual and physical assault, threat, verbal, psychological, or sexual abuse, and harassment.
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