Chapter 1: What is mental health?

Question 1

What is the definition of mental health?

Answer 1

-a state of emotional and psychological well-being
- our ability to use our cognitive and emotional capabilities to function in everyday life

Question 2

What are 2 important parts to mental health?

Answer 2

1. cognition
2. emotional

Question 3

What can “emotion” consist of in mental health (x2)?

Answer 3

1. transient (acute) –> “feelings”
2. long term –> “mood states”

Question 4

there is only one definition for mental health. true or false

Answer 4

false

Question 5

mental health includes what abilities?

Answer 5

• understand oneself and one’s life
• relate to other people and respond to one’s environment
• experience pleasure and enjoyment
• handle stress and withstand discomfort
• evaluate challenges and problems
• pursue goals and interests

Question 6

is mental health mutually exclusive?

Answer 6

NO

Question 7

Is Mental Status examinations more of the cognitive or emotional side of mental health?

Answer 7

cognitive –> measuring our cognitive capacity
ex: MoCA, MMSE, ink-blot test

Question 8

Are mental status examinations longitudinal or cross-sectional view? what would a possible problem be?

Answer 8

• cross sectional
• have to do tests frequently because there can be flucuations in someone’s mental health

Question 9

What is the difference between the brain vs the mind?

Answer 9

brain
- physical organ –> “hardware” that produces mental activity
- physical “object”

Mind
- set of function and experiences resulting from a combo of brain activity and the operating environment
- “software”
- “construct”

Question 10

there are multiple factors that can influence the development of the human mind. What are 4 areas that could influence us?

Answer 10

1. politics and economy
2. culture
3. family and early childhood
4. biology

Question 11

There is a tendency to narrow down to one or two groups of factors and create a reductionistic explanation to mental health. true or false

Answer 11

true

Question 12

What is the physical sciences view on mental health?

Answer 12

emphasize on function of brain, neurotransmitters, and endocrine system

Question 13

What is the social sciences view on mental health?

Answer 13

effects of family life, culture, society, and ploitical and economic environments

Question 14

What is known as a “pendulum swing” and what type of thinking can this lead to?

Answer 14

• shifting back and forth between two perspectives
• lead to REDUCTIONIST thinking

Question 15

look at problmes with reductionist explanations on slide 10

Question 16

What is the historical timeline of treatment of mental illness in Canada?

Answer 16

1. 19th century –> mental illness caused by physcial disease or damage to brain –> lead to residential asylums
2. 1950s –> “psychoanalysis” became popular for treatment –> commonly accepted that average person is likely to experience emotional problems
3. 1960s –> “deinstiutionalization” occurs –> decrease use of psych. hospitals with community-based treatment (ex: pharmaceuticals)

Question 17

In statisitc canada report from 2015, what do most people report in regards to their own mental health?

Answer 17

• excellent or very good

Question 18

what is epidemiology?

Answer 18

study of distribution of health and illness within populations

Question 19

what is prevalence?

Answer 19

proportion of individuals in a population that have a particular health condition

Question 20

What is incidence?

Answer 20

proportion of people who have a NEW case of condition being studied

Question 21

What is Years Lived with Disability (YLD)?

Answer 21

number of years of life that have been accompanied by a disability due to disease or injury

YLD= incidence x disability weight x expected life years with disability

Question 22

What mental illness if the most responsible for greatest number of YLD worldwide and the greatest burden of disease worldwide?

Answer 22

depression

Question 23

What is Years of Life Lost (YLL)?

Answer 23

measure of the number of years of life lost due to premature mortality in the population

Question 24

what is Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY)?

Answer 24

• combines YLD and YLL
• estimates the “burden of disease”

Question 25

What part of life is the 12-month prevalence of mental illness seen in Canada?

Answer 25

2nd half of life continumm (80+ years old)

Question 26

What age group is the most for the number of people in Canada with mental illness?

Answer 26

20-40 years old