Answer:
Factors for the scenarios in the order they appear.
1. Brain injury/damage
2. Stressful life situations
3. Unrealistic expectations from oneself/ Self-induced pressure
Explanation:
The World Health Organization defines mental health as “a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community”. Several factors can contribute to the development of a disorder in mental health. Some of them include; trauma, stress, injury to the head, drug and alcohol abuse, loss of a loved one, etc.
The head injury or concussion suffered by Tim can affect his brain and result in a mental health disorder. Malia is undergoing a stressful life situation that takes a negative toll on his mental health. Frankie, a straight A student has unrealistic expectations from his self which puts him under pressure and subsequently affects his mental health.
Answer:
d. Training to relax when confronted with anxiety-arousing stimuli
Explanation:
Systematic desensitization is a type of technique used in cognitive therapy and it is based on the principle of classical conditioning.
The goal of this technique is to remove a phobia or a stimuli that causes anxiety and substitute it with a relaxation response.
This technique has three phases:
- The patient is taught deep relaxation and breathing exercises.
- The patient creates a fear hierarchy starting at stimuli that provoke the least anxiety and building up to the most fear provoking ones.
- The patient starts at the bottom of the hierarchy with the least unpleasant stimuli and practices the relaxation technique.
The patient practices this relaxation until the stimuli doesn't provoke any anxiety and then he continues with the next stimuli in the hierarchy until he reaches the top stimuli and the anxiety is removed.
Therefore, we can say that relaxation when confronted with anxiety-arousing stimuli is a really important part of systematic desensitization. Therefore, the correct answer is d. Training to relax when confronted with anxiety-arousing stimuli