Chapter 17: Wellbeing in Mental Health Care
1. What does the acronym WEMWBS stand for?
Answer: Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale
2. What is a eudaimonic perspectives of wellbeing?
Answer: A focus on psychological functioning, good relationships with others and self-realisation
3. Are mental health and wellbeing the same thing?
4. How many relevant mental health binaries can you list that can be thought of in dialectical terms?
Answer: There are a number of these listed in the chapter, including: hope v hopelessness; optimism v pessimism; being relaxed all the time v being anxious all the time; being a good person v being a bad person
Answer: Being able to be ‘elastic’, to ‘bounce back’ from stressful events or prolonged periods of pressure
6. For university students there is a strong correlation between student wellbeing and academic outcome: true or false?
7. What ways can students look after their wellbeing?
Answer: Eating healthily, getting adequate exercise, getting and sufficient sleep, socialising with family and friends, and enjoying leisure activities, striking a healthy balance between work and leisure
