cristian vasile volume editor mental health actual views in psychology, medicine and anthropology

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MENTAL HEALTH
ACTUAL VIEWS IN PSYCHOLOGY,
MEDICINE AND ANTHROPOLOGY
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CRISTIAN VASILE
VOLUME EDITOR

MENTAL HEALTH
ACTUAL VIEWS IN PSYCHOLOGY,
MEDICINE AND ANTHROPOLOGY

EDITURA UNIVERSITARĂ
Bucureşti, 2016
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Contents

Towards an integrative approach to Mental Health
Cristian Vasile ......................................................................................................................... 7

Mental health approaches – crossing bridges between psychology, medicine and
anthropology
Cristian Vasile ......................................................................................................................... 9

Quality of life after the partner’s demise
Tatiana-Gabriela Pescaru (Marinescu) .................................................................................. 15

Value changes in left-behind children of Romanian migrants
Borosanu Adriana, Glavce Cristiana, David-Rus R., Iancu Emilia......................................... 20

Correlations of cognitive dysfunction, depression and drawing distortion in elderly
people
Rozeta Drăghici ....................................................................................................................... 25

Linking methods of psychological assessment of the consequences of posttraumatic
type in adults
Elena Otilia Vladislav, Rozeta Drăghici ................................................................................. 31

Image of the future of elderly people as a factor of the their life quality
Gudzovskaya Alla, Evgeniya Pesina ........................................................................................ 42

The psychosomatic neurocognitive effects of a disharmonius relationship with
living/work spaces
Corina Răducea ....................................................................................................................... 46

A modified perception of space – the emotional psychotraumatological perspective
for early diagnosis of neurocognitive disorders
Corina Răducea ....................................................................................................................... 52

Depression - multiple psychopathological faces (a case report)
Lavinia Duică .......................................................................................................................... 59

Anthropometric parameters and cognitive changes related to age
Lupeanu E., Barsan M., Roditis D., Iovita A., Jugurica I., Hnidei R., Raducanu I.,
Ulmeanu M.-E., Morosanu B ................................................................................................... 63

Anthropological considerations to ensure quality of life of patients through
Halotherapy treatment
Horia Lăzărescu, Iuri Simionca, Andrei Kozma, Lucian Mirescu ........................................... 70
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Impact of neurosensorial disorders in older people
Andrei Kozma, Anne Marie Herghelegiu, Raluca Mihaela Nacu, Loredana Ecaterina
Lungu, Ana-Gabriela Prada, Adina Carmen Ilie, Ioana Dana Alexa, Gabriel-Ioan Prada .... 75

Correlation and regression of height and shoe size data
Rus Mihaela, Banariu Gheorghe Mihail ................................................................................. 80

Impact of inter-role conflicts on physicians’ mental health
Severin Hornung, Matthias Weigl, Jürgen Glaser, Peter Angerer .......................................... 85

Experiences of workplace bullying? Why and what to do about it!
Teodora Maidaniuc-Chirilă ..................................................................................................... 90

Occupational stress, burnout and emotional labour. Evidences from an exploratory
pilot study
Virgil Gheorghe, Marius Constantin Romaşcanu, Dan Florin Stănescu ................................. 96

Violent content in the Romanian mass media products
Claudia Elena Mihai ............................................................................................................... 101

Analyses of learning styles in a group of tertiary students
Eva Švarcová, Veronika Skořepová ......................................................................................... 107

Prevalence of psychosomatic indicators among primary school pupils’ computer
users
Popa Daniela, Rogozea Liliana ............................................................................................... 115

Correlations between the teenagers’ self-esteem and the school stress determined in
the context of Science Education lessons
Elena Ancuţa Santi, Gabriel Gorghiu, Ramona Ioniţă ............................................................ 120

Self-efficacy, self-regulation and psychological well-being as predictors for teacher
burnout
Cristina-Corina Bentea ........................................................................................................... 126
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Towwards aan integgrative aapproacch to MMental HHealth
Cristian Vasilee

Thhe conceptt of “menttal health”” has growwn on mulltiple levels and in a branched way in
recennt decades. We are not talking anymore oonly aboutt the lack oof disease,, but we arre talking
also about thee life quaality, the cultural cchanges wwhich infflluence thee health, personal
devellopment aand other characterristics whhich belonng to meental healtth. Nowaadays we
underrstand thee major roole of well-being aat work, oor the impportance oof a low stress in
educaation. Thiss is why wwe consideer that we have to inntegrate mmultiple faccets of thee “mental
healthh” conceptt in a harmmonious annd useful mmodel.
Whhat if a peerson has aa good psyychologicaal balance and, implicitly, a goood mentaal health?
Studies have inndicated that the persson will haave a high level of effficacy andd would bee a useful
membber of the society. AA good leveel of mentaal health leeads to a fuunctional ssociety.
Acccording too some pubblications,, mental hhealth referrs to “emootional, behhavioral aand social
maturrity or noormality…a state off psycholoogical well-being inn which onne has acchieved a
satisffactory inteegration of one's insstinctual ddrives acceeptable to bboth oneseelf and onne's social
milieuu; an apppropriate bbalance off love, woork, and leeisure pursuits” (Meedilexiconn medical
dictioonary). Baalance, matturity, norrmality andd well-beiing are proobably onee of the mmost used
termss to characterize the mmental heaalth.
Thhe modern approach of mentall health leaads us to tthe integraative vieww of this cooncept so
we coould have a better aand complete undersstanding of the conccept and itts applicattions. We
have invited unnder the mmental heallth umbrellla three sciences whhich probaably have the most
poweerful impacct on humman life: pssychology,, medicinee and anthrropology. Thus was born the
idea oof a complex conferrence on mmental health, using the above mentioneed major ddirections.
We hhave receivved interesting papeers having different approachees and treaating subjects with
majorr implicatiions on humman life.
I wwould like to thank the authorrs, but also the scientific commmittee off the confeerence, as
well as to the oorganizingg committeee. I hope that the ppublished papers will contribuute to the
scienttific development off mental heealth conceept, both ffrrom theoreetical and ppractical vview.

Proofessor Criistian VASSILE, Ph.DD.
Preesident of IInternationnal Societyy for Applied Psychoology
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CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Chairs ICMH 2016

Prof. Cristian Vasile Ph.D. - ISAPSY President, APA, EFPA
Prof. Emilia Iancu Ph.D. - Natural Sciences Museum Ploiesti

Members

Lavinia Duica Ph.D. - “Lucian Blaga” University, Sibiu, Romania
Laurentiu Dinca Ph.D. – Voila Psychiatry Hospital, Prahova, Romania
Bogdan Tudorică Ph.D. - Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania

THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Honorary President: Constantin Balaceanu-Stolnici, Ph.D - Romanian Academy

Members

Marilyn Campbell, Ph.D. MAPS - Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Laurentiu Dinca, Ph.D. – Voila Psychiatry Hospital, Romania
Lavinia Duica, Ph.D. – “Lucian Blaga” University, Sibiu, Romania
Cristiana Glavce, Ph.D. – Romanian Academy, “Fr. I. Rainer” Institute
Emilia Iancu, Ph.D. – Natural Sciences Museum, Prahova, Romania
Gabriela Iorgulescu, Ph.D. – "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy,
Romania
Alexandru Ispas, Ph.D. - Romanian Academy, “Fr. I. Rainer” Institute
Andrei Kozma, Ph.D. - Anthropology Academic Society, Romania
Vasile Mihaescu, Ph.D. – “Gr. T. Popa” Medicine University, Iasi, Romania
Marius Milcu, Ph.D. - “Lucian Blaga” University, Sibiu, Romania
Peter Mitchell, Ph.D. – Nottingham University, UK
Steven M. Ross, Ph.D. - John Hopkins University, U.S.A.
Cristian Vasile, Ph.D. – International Society for Applied Psychology
Germain Weber, Ph.D. – Viena University, Austria
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Mental heaalth appproachees – croossing bridges bbetweenn psychhology,
mediccine andd anthrropologyy
Cristiaan Vasile∗∗
Petrroleum – Gass University of Ploiesti, BBd. Bucuresti, 39, 1006880, Ploiesti, RRomania
Naturral Sciences Museum, Prrahova Counnty, Ploiesti, Romania
Internatiional Societyy for Appliedd Psychologyy
Abstraact
Mentaal health is a very compleex concept aand should be understoodd from multiiple views. FFor instance,, the World
Healthh Organizatiion define it as “a statte of well-being in whiich every inndividual reealizes his oor her own
potential, can copee with the nnormal stressses of life, caan work prooductively annd fruitfully,, and is ablee to make a
contribbution to heer or his commmunity”. TThis major cconcept shouuld be analyyzed and coonsidered forr diagnosis
when appropriate using multiiple views: ppsychologicaal, medical and anthroppological (inncluding the social and
culturaal aspects). WWe can discuuss about meental health using biomeedical terms, as well as wwe can discuuss in terms
of subjjective beliefs, social norms and envvironmental sstress.

Keywoords: mental health; psycchology; medicine; anthrropology
1. Inttroductionn
“WWhy are soome peoplee healthy and otherss not? It sseems a siimple quesstion. The answers,
howeever, are coomplex annd have to do not only with dissease and illness, buut also withh who we
are, wwhere we live and wwork, and tthe social and econoomic policcies of our governmeent, all of
whichh play a roole in deterrmining ouur health.”” (Institutee of Mediciine, 2003)
Deefining meental healtth is veryy difficult, even wee already have somme well esstablished
generral definitiions. For instance, tthe Worldd Health OOrganizatioon define this conceept as “a
state of well-beeing in whhich every individuall realizes hhis or her own potenntial, can ccope with
the nnormal streesses of llife, can wwork prodductively aand fruitfuully, and is able too make a
contriibution to her or hiis commuunity” (WHHO 2014). Accordinng to Meddilexicon'ss medical
dictioonary, menntal healthh is "emottional, behhavioral, aand sociall maturityy or normaality; the
absennce of a mmental or behavioral disorder; aa state of ppsychologgical well-bbeing in wwhich one
has aachieved a satisfactoory integraation of onne's instincctual drivees acceptabble to bothh oneself
and oone's sociall milieu; ann appropriiate balancce of love, work, andd leisure puursuits".
Thhe oppositee of mentaal health, mmental illnness, is diaagnosed acccording tto the classification
systemm of thee Diagnostic and SStatistical Manual of Mentaal Disordeers (DSM) or the
Internnational Classificatioon of Diseeases (ICDD). So in practice thee most useed items inn order to
makee a diagnoostic are thhe biomeddical ones.. This wayy ICD, foor instancee, could bee applied
everyywhere in tthe world aand it’s alrready recoognized forr its successs in most of the casees.

∗ Correesponding autthor.
E-mail address: clinical_psycho@@yahoo.com