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16 Introduction To Mental Health And Addictions Ps
16 Introduction to Mental Health and Addictions Ps
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Mental health - answer-state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitful and is able yo contribute to his or her own community Optimal mental well-
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16 Introduction To Mental Health And Addictions Ps
Mental health - answer-state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitful and is able yo contribute to his or her own community
Optimal mental well-being with minimal mental illness - answer...
16 Introduction to Mental Health and Addictions
Psychopharmacotherapeutics
Mental health - answer-state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can
cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitful and is able yo contribute to his
or her own community
Optimal mental well-being with minimal mental illness - answer-a person who has a high level of mental
well-being and who has no mental illness
Minimum well being and minimal mental illness - answer-a person who has no diagnosable mental
illness who has a low level of mental well-being
Maximum mental illness and minimal well-being - answer-a person experiencing mental illness who has
a low level of mental well-being
Optimal well being and maximum mental illness - answer-a person who experiences a high level of
mental well-being despite being diagnosed with a mental illness
Everyone can have good and bad mental well-being irrespective of: - answer-mental illness
Mental health disorder - answer-results in significant changes in a person's thinking, emotional state and
behaviour and ability to function in social and occupational settings
Meets defined diagnostic criteria
Mental health problem - answer-broad term that includes mental health disorders and less severe
mental health symptoms that do not meet diagnostic criteria but may disrupt personal, social and
occupational functioning
Example of mental health disorders - answer-depression, anxiety, insomnia, bipolar, schizophrenia
Example of mental health problems - answer-stressed, tired, anxious, worried
Modern view on mental disorders - answer-primarily seen as biological disorders of the brain with
psychological and social stressors as triggers of episodes of illness (biopsychosocial model)
Brain - answer-the mass of nerve tissue that is the main control center of the nervous system
Frontal lobe
Parietal lobe
Occipital lobe
Temporal lobe
Cerebellum
Spinal cord
Mind - answer-the private inner experience of perceptions, thoughts, memories, and feelings
Separate from the brain
, Mind is composed of - answer-emotions
Behaviours
Thoughts
Purpose of the mental health services act - answer-assist people suffering from serious mental illnesses
in receiving treatment
Voluntary status - answer-people can voluntarily request to be admitted to a mental health center under
mhsa
Involuntary status - answer-where a person needs hospitalization for a mental disorder but it is not
possible for them to be admitted voluntarily
Who can initiate an involuntary status - answer-physician or prescribed health professional, peace
officer, provincial court judge
3 criteria for involuntary status: - answer--being found to be a person with a mental disorder who needs
inpatient care
-not being fully capable of making an admission or treatment decision and
-likely to harm self or suffer substantial mental or physical deterioration
Physical fields of medicine diagnoses are - answer-objective
Psychiatry diagnoses are - answer-subjective
Psychiatric diagnostic controversies: - answer-current practice of psychiatry for most clinicians is based
on symptom-based classification systems
Evolution toward a brain-based or biologically-based diagnostic system
Little reason to believe that these diagnostic criteria are valid
No currently recognized objective independent assessment
Clinical assessment in psychiatry = - answer-combination of physical exam + clinical interview
Diagnostic statistical manual o mental disorders - answer-dsm-v
Published by aba
Establishes consistent diagnosis
Dsm-v - answer-handbook used to diagnose mental disorders
Contains descriptions, sx, and other criteria for diagnosing mental disorders
Provides a common language for clinicians to communicate about their pts
Establishes consistent and reliable diagnoses that can be used in the research of mental disorders
Dsm-v is a guide to - answer-diagnosis, but must be combined with clinical judgement
Clinical psychiatric interview - answer-a dialogue between hcp and pt that is designed to diagnose and
determine a treatment plan
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