1 Describe the continuum of mental health and mental illness.
Continuum of Mental Health and Mental Illness
What is Mental Health?
1 Adequate to
... [Show More] high-level functioning under stress
1 What is Mental Illness?
1 Definitive changes in functioning.
2 Mental Illness refers to all mental disorders with definable diagnoses. These disorders are manifested in significant dysfunction that may be related to developmental, biological, or psychological disturbances in mental functioning.
2 Continuum of health depends on where you are in health.
3 WHO defines mental health as a state of well-being in which each individual is able to realize his or her own potential, cope with the normal stresses of life, work productively, and make a contribution to the community. Mental health provides people with the capacity for rational thinking, communication skills, learning, emotional growth, resilience, and self-esteem.
4 Psychiatry’s definition of mental health evolves over time. It is a definition shaped by the prevailing culture and societal values, and it reflects changes in cultural norms, society’s expectations, political climates, and even reimbursement criteria by third-party payers.
5 Mental health continuum:
1 Mental health/ mental illness can be conceptualized along a mental health continuum.
2 Example: comments of a 40yr old woman illustrate the continuum b/w illness and health as her condition ranged from 1) deep depression to 2) mania to 3) health.
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2 Explain the parts and purpose of the mental status exam and DSM-V System.
1 Mini Mental Status Exam (MMSE)
1 Quantifies cognitive function and decline
1 Only a snapshot of one period of time
2 Commonly used to determine presence of
1 Delirium
2 Dementia
3 Very subjective
1 Potential for own culture and background to influence results
2 Example: Proverbs
1 A stitch in time saves nine
2 Cognitive= thinking
1 Cognitive function= mini mental status Exam
2 Used to see how well cognitive function globally.
• DSM-V (5) CRITERIA: DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS Published by APA
DSM-5
• Diagnostic classification
• Diagnostic criteria sets
• Descriptive text
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