Behavioural Health and Psychiatric Disorders Flashcards
behavioural/mental health is the single largest area of practice for RTs employing ___% of all nationally certified practitioners
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define mental illness
refers collectively to all of the diagnosable mental disorders. mental disorders are characterized by abnormalities in cognition emotion or mood or the highest integrative aspects of behaviour such as social interactions or planning of future activities
what are the approaches to classification and diagnosis
diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-5)
published by the American psychiatric association
international statistical classification of diseases and related health problems (ICD-10)
published by the WHO
what is schizophrenia
marked by psychotic features such as delusions hallucinations disorganized thought and speech and disorganized or abnormal motor behaviour
what are mood and affective disorders
major depressive disorder- symptoms such as depressed mood, diminished interest in previously satisfying activities significant change in weight ect
bipolar disorder - a persons experiences episodes of depression and or mania
what are anxiety stress and trauma related disorders
characterized by fear and anxiety associated with situations that are not currently dangerous
anxiety is associated with real or imagined threat in the future
what are trauma related disorders
PTSD is one disorder in this group associated with obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours are also included within this group of disorders
what are behavioural disorders
principally identified through patterns of behaviour that are dysfunctional and may or may not be distressing to the individual such as eating disorders sleep disorders and sexual dysfunction
what are personality disorders
characterized by patterns of experience and behaviour that are markedly different from the expectations of ones culture and situation
what do personality disorders include
antisocial avoidant borderline narcissistic obsessive-compulsive schizotypal
what is serious mental illness
recognizes that the experience is pervasive in both duration and impact and affects multiple areas of functioning
have impairment that affect major life areas
the majority of persons with serious mental illness have diagnoses of schizophrenia spectrum disorder or bipolar disorder (sometimes include major anxiety and depression)
what are the commonly sought outcomes (three domains)
clinical status
functional status
subjective well being
