Mental Health Chapter 2
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loriannichka on June 27, 2010
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Mental Health and Mental Illness
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Definition of Mental Health | Successful performance of mental functions, resulting int he ability to engage in productive activities, enjoy fulfilling relationships, and change or cope with adversity |
| What is Mental Illness | A clinically significant behavioral or psychological syndrome experienced by a person and marked by distress, disability, or the risk of suffering disability or loss of freedom |
| Resiliency | • A characteristic of mental health • The ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune and change. • Associated with the process of adaption and helps people facing tragedy, loss, trauma, and severe stress |
| Some aspects of mental health | • Happiness • Control over behavior • Appraisal of reality • Effectiveness in work • Healthy self-concept • Satisfying relationships • Effective coping strategies • See page 14 for more...I mean, read pg 14 only if you really have a burning desire...it's not all that interesting. |
| Epidemiology | quantitative study of the distribution of mental disorders in human populations |
| Prevalence Rate | The proportion of the population with a mental disorder at a given time (new and old cases at any given time) |
| Incidence | Number of new cases |
| Factors affecting the severity and progression of mental illness | • Support systems • Family influences • Developmental events • Cultural or subcultural beliefs and values • Health practices • Negative influences |
| DSM IV TR | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV Text Revised It is the handbook that is used most often in the US in diagnosing mental disorders |
| How many axises are in the DSM IV Multiaxial System? | Axis I, II, III, IV, V |
| On what does each axis focus? | • Axis I: Mental disorder that is the focus of treatment • Axis II: Personality disorders and mental retardation • Axis III: General medical disorder relevant to the mental disorder in axis I • Axis IV: Psychosocial and environmental problems • Axis V: Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) |
| How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? | Let me know when you figure it out...b/c I have not a clue! |
| Cultural and social influences and the DSM IV | • Diagnostic assessment can be especially challenging when a clinical from one ethnic or cultural group uses the DSM-IV-TR classification to evaluate an individual from a different ethnic or cultural group • Social Changes: e.g. homosexuality • Culture-related syndromes: e.g. anorexia nervosa |
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