chapter 8

Question 1

mental health

Answer 1

state of emotional well-being, free from incapacitating conflicts, with an ability to make rational decisions and cope with environmental stressed and internal pressures

Question 2

mental illness

Answer 2

disease that causes mild to severe disturbances in thinking, perception, and behavior

Question 3

normal mental health

Answer 3

1. accurate perception of reality
2 . autonomy and independence
3. capability for growth and development
4. environmental mastery
5. positive relationships
6. positive self-view

Question 4

abnormal mental health

Answer 4

1. not all symptoms/problems in life are disorders

2. mislabeling can be harmful

Question 5

diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders

• who published it
• definition

Answer 5

• American psychiatric association

- used to classify and diagnose mental disorders

Question 6

anxiety disorders

-2 types

Answer 6

An exaggeration of people’s normal and adaptive reactions to stressful and fearful situations
-phobias and panic disorders

Question 7

phobias

Answer 7

extreme fear or dread of particular objects or situations

Question 8

panic disorders

Answer 8

involve sudden intense feeling of terror for no apparent reason and symptoms are similar to heart attack

Question 9

mood disorders

• definition
• 2 types

Answer 9

• Psychological disorder characterized by the elevation or lowering of a person’s mood
• depression and bipolar

Question 10

axis I

• definition
• ex

Answer 10

Represents acute symptoms that need treatment

-Depressive episodes, schizophrenic episode, panic attack

Question 11

axis II

• definition
• 2 types

Answer 11

Personality disorders and intellectual disabilities

-personality disorders and BPD

Question 12

personality disorders

Answer 12

the causes of vicious cycles of negative experiences where people cannot adapt to change and become distressed

Question 13

conceptual shift

Answer 13

from labeling disorders as badness to regarding people with mental disorders as sick

Question 14

schizophrenia

• definition
• symptoms

Answer 14

• affects how a person acts, feels or thinks
• 1. Delusions
     
     2. Hallucinations
     3. Impaired reasoning
     4. Incoherent speech
     5. Withdrawal

Question 15

deinstitutionalization

Answer 15

1960s and 1970s governmental policy that focused on releasing hospitalized psychiatric patients into the community and closing mental hospitals

Question 16

civil rights movement

Answer 16

i. Deinstitutionalization implemented

Question 17

stigma

• definition
• how to reduce it

Answer 17

• A mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance
• changing mental health to behavioral health

Question 18

mental health parity act

Answer 18

person who is diagnosed with a mental disorder should receive the same level of professional care as a person diagnosed with a physical disorder

Question 19

psychotropic meds

• definition
• ex

Answer 19

Medication capable of affecting the mind, emotions and behavior
-antidepressants and antimanic medications