Chapter 3

Question 1

stigma

Answer 1

A strong sense of disapproval for something

Question 2

Mental Health Act (1959)

Answer 2

A set of laws and declarations to address issues around mental health

Question 3

self-fulfilling prophecy

Answer 3

when an individual behaves in the way an assumption about them expects them to

Question 4

discrimination

Answer 4

to treat people differently (normally less favourably) based on a perceived issue or problem

Question 5

care in the community

Answer 5

administrating health and social care outside of hospitals and instead treating people in their homes and living in their normal communities

Question 6

conflict

Answer 6

a serious disagreement

Question 7

schizophrenia

Answer 7

a psychotic disorder where people lose their sense of self and reality

Question 8

internal classification of diseases ICD

Answer 8

a manual listing hundreds of mental disorders with their associated symptoms used by medical professionals to diagnose mental health problems

Question 9

what one symptom will be classified as schizophrenia if diagnosed

Answer 9

thought echo, thought insertion or withdraw, or thought broadcasting

delusions of control, influence, or passivity, delusional perception

hallucinatory voices giving a running commentary on the patient’s behaviour. discussing him between themselves, or other types of hallucinatory voices coming from some part of the body

persistent delusions of other kinds that are culturally inappropriate and completely impossible (control weather, talking with aliens)

Question 10

two symptoms to be diagnosed

Answer 10

catatonic behaviour, such as excitement, posturing or waxy flexibility, negativism , mutism and stupor

‘negative’ symptoms such as marked apathy, paucity of speech, and blunting or incongruity of emotional responses

Question 11

clinical characteristics

Answer 11

symptoms or features of a disorder

Question 12

ethnicity

Answer 12

reference to a group of people with a common culture or nationality

Question 13

recovery rate

Answer 13

the number of people that get better after suffering a disorder

Question 14

prevalence of schizophrenia

Answer 14

1% of the population

Question 15

sex

Answer 15

affects men and women equally

women in 30s
men in 20s

Question 16

recovery rate of s

Answer 16

ten years after diagnosis

25% fully recover
25% much improved
25% need support
15% hospitalised
10% dead (mainly through suicide)

Question 17

age of s

Answer 17

adult disorder

diagnosed before age of 40

Question 18

ethnicity of s

Answer 18

British people of Caribbean and African origin more likely than white people

people of Asian origin less likely to be diagnosed, under average