psych ch.2 flash cards

Flashcards about Mental Health and Mental Illness based on lecture notes.

What is the DSM-5?

The current official guidebook for categorizing and diagnosing psychiatric mental health disorders in the United States.

What does the DSM-5 provide?

Standard language and criteria for the classification of mental disorders.

What are some attributes of mental health?

Play and laugh, accurate appraisal of reality, maintain a healthy self-concept and self-value, work and be productive, negotiate each developmental task, attain self-defined spirituality, love and experience joy, deal with conflicting emotions, live without undue fear, guilt, or anxiety, take responsibility, control one's own behavior, relate to others, form relationships, think clearly.

What are the characteristics of Major Depressive Disorder?

Leading cause of disability in the US and affects nearly twice as many women as men.

What are the characteristics of Schizophrenia?

Affects men and women equally; appears earlier in men.

What are the characteristics of Bipolar Affective Disorder?

Affects women and men equally.

What are the characteristics of Anxiety Disorder?

Frequently co-occurs with depressive disorders, eating disorders, and/or substance abuse.

What are the characteristics of Panic Disorder?

Typically develops in adolescence; about 1 in 3 develops agoraphobia.

What are the characteristics of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?

First symptoms begin in childhood or adolescence.

What are the characteristics of Generalized Anxiety Disorder?

Risk is highest between childhood and middle age.

What are the characteristics of Social Phobia?

Typically begins in childhood or adolescence.

What is most likely to be a precursor to developing agoraphobia?

Panic disorder.

What is the Mental Health Parity Act (1996)?

U.S. insurers must offer same benefits at same level of coverage for mental illness as for other conditions.

What are the mental disorders with strong biological influences?

Schizophrenia, Bipolar disorder, Major depression, Obsessive-compulsive and panic disorders, Posttraumatic stress disorder, Autism, Anorexia nervosa, Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

What are the biological factors affecting mental health?

Hormones, genetics.

What are the factors related to cultural and spiritual beliefs that affect mental health?

Spirituality, religion, culture, regional differences.

What are social factors affecting mental health?

Family, friends, community.

What are some environmental and personal factors affecting mental health?

Personality traits, health practices and beliefs, environmental experiences, negative influences, psychosocial stressors.

What are some psychosocial stressors affecting mental health?

Poverty, impaired parenting.

What does psychiatry’s definition of mental health reflect?

Changes in cultural norms and society’s expectations, values and professional biases, individual differences and political climate.

What psychosocial processes lead to stigmatization?

Stereotyping, labeling, separating, and status loss or discrimination in a context of power imbalance, social isolation, and reduced opportunities.

What is the DSM-5?

Mental disorders are clinically significant behavioral or psychological syndromes or patterns that occur in an individual and that are associated with distress, disability, or an increased risk of suffering death, pain, disability, or a loss of freedom or independence; Classifies disorders that people have, not the person.

What is the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP)?

Allows nurses to identify nursing diagnoses and interventions.

How does the DSM-5 include information specifically related to culture?

Discusses cultural variations for each clinical disorder, describes culture-bound syndromes, outline assists clinicians in evaluating and reporting the impact of an individual’s cultural context.

Why should Simon see his illness as a real illness?

Mental health is fundamental to health, mental disorders are real health conditions that have an immense impact on individuals and families, the efficacy of mental health treatment is well documented, a range of treatments exists for most mental disorders.