Mental health & mental illness - ANS-Mental health:
-Difficult to define; no single, universal definition
-Dynamic, ever-changing state
Mental
... [Show More] illness:
-Includes disorders that affect:
1. Mood
2. Behavior
3. Thinking
These often indicate signs of distress and/or impaired functioning
General criteria for diagnosis of mental illness (5) - ANS-1. Dissatisfaction with
characteristics, abilities, accomplishments
2. Ineffective or unsatisfying relationships
3. Dissatisfaction with one's place in the world
4. Ineffective coping with life events
5. Lack of personal growth
3 factors influencing mental health can be categorized as: - ANS-1. individual
(personal)- biologic makeup, autonomy & independence, self-esteem, emotional
resilience, sense of belonging, reality orientation, coping or stress management
2. Interpersonal (relationship)- effective communication, ability to help others, intimacy,
balance of separateness & connectedness
3. Social/cultural (environmental)- sense of community, access to adequate resources,
intolerance of violence, support of diversity, positive yet realistic view of one's world
DSM-5 3 purposes - ANS-Taxonomy published by American Psychiatric Association
1. Standardize nomenclature, language
2. Identify defining characteristics or symptoms
3. Assist in identifying underlying causes
DSM-5 allows the practitioner to identify all the factors that relate to a person's
condition: (3) - ANS-1. all major psychiatric disorders
2. medical conditions that are potentially relevant to understanding or managing the
person's mental disorder
3. psychosocial & environmental problems that may affect the diagnosis, treatment, &
prognosis of mental disorders
The definition of mental health is standardized and universally accepted. True or false?
- ANS-FalseThere is no single universal definition of mental health, which has many components
and is influenced by myriad factors.
Historically, mental illness was viewed as - ANS-demonic possession, sin, or weakness,
and people were punished accordingly
Period of enlightenment (1790s) - ANS--Creation of asylums; moral treatment
-Dorothea Dix
-Sigmund Freud: scientific study, treatment of mental illness
A significant advancement in treating persons with mental illness was the - ANSdevelopment of psychotropic drugs in the early 1950's
The shift from institutional care to care in the community began in the - ANS-1960's,
allowing many people to leave institutions for the first time in years
Community mental health movement
-Deinstitutionalization
-Legislation for disability income
-Changes in commitment laws
Deinstitutionalization - ANS-Decrease in admission to hospitals and the development of
community-based services as an alternative
Mental illness & the 21st century (6) - ANS-1. More than 18.6% of Americans aged 18
years and older have diagnosable mental disorder. 20.7 million have a substance use
disorder, and 8.4 million of this population have a dual diagnosis.
2. 15 million adults and 4 million children and adolescents with impaired daily activities
3. *Economic burden exceeds that of all types of cancer*
4. *Leading cause of disability in the U.S & Canada for those 15 to 44 years of age*
5. *Increasing number of both adults and children/adolescents are being treated for
mental illness*; yet only 1 in 4 adults and 1 in 5 children are treated.
6. Treatment still lagging in homeless and those with substance abuse problems
One result of deinstitutionalizing is the: - ANS-*revolving door of repetitive hospital
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