Chapter 2 (E1) Flashcards
Individuals ability to perform the normal activities of life to meet basic needs and well being is called?
Functional ability
What are medical conditions that affect a persons thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others, and daily functioning?
Mental illnesses
This term is multifaceted and involves our emotional, psychological, and social well being. Can be affected by a variety of influences: genetics, brain chemistry, and life experiences.
Mental Health
Is mental illness treatable?
Yes
What is the current official guidebook for categorizing and diagnosing psychiatric mental health disorders in the U.S?
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th edition) DSM-5
Axis system:
Lists the psychiatric diagnosis or diagnoses
Axis I
Axis system:
Lists personality disorders and mental retardation
Axis II
Axis system:
Lists any other medical conditions
Axis III
Axis system:
Lists types of stressors
Axis IV
Axis system:
Contains the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF)
Axis V
What is the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF)?
A scale of 1 to 100 and it indicates the patients level of functioning. The higher the score the higher the level of functioning
What is the ability to recover from or adjust successfully to trauma or change?
Resiliency
What studies the distribution (number of cases) of disorders in a human population?
Epidemiology
What is the proportion of a population with a mental disorder at a given time?
Prevalence rate
What is the act that required insurers to offer mental health benefits at the same level provided for medical coverage?
Mental Health Parity Act (1996)
A negative stereotype that leads to an attitude or belief that would cause one to view a person with mental illness as inferior, dangerous, or unstable resulting in a major barrier for treatment and recovery
Stigma
What are not considered mental disorders according to DSM-5?
Deviant behavior:
Political, religious, sexual
DSM-5 avoids the use of expressions such as “a schizophrenic”
What do they use instead?
“An individual with schizophrenia”
How many diagnoses does the new DSM-5 have?
Almost 300
What assesses the clients cultural perception of distress, social supports, and relationship factors between patient and provider?
Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI)
A belief in higher power, connection to the universe or universe energy, feeling “one” with nature, calling ancestors for wisdom is called?
Spirituality
In Hispanic cultures mal de ojo or the “evil eye” means what?
A look that inflicts injury, illness, or bad luck
A type of culture bound syndrome:
Southeast Asia, running amok
What is that?
Someone (usually a male) runs around engaging in violent behavior
A type of culture bound syndrome:
Greenland Alaska or Artic regions of Canada, Pibloktoq
What does it mean?
Uncontrollable desire to tear off one’s clothing and expose oneself to severe cold weather
Latino cultures, “ataque de nervios” means what?
Attack of the nerves
Latino cultures, “sustos” means what?
Fright
Mandarin Chinese culture, “shenjing shuairuo” means what?
Weakness of the nervous system
