EPIDEMEOLOGY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS Flashcards
what are the 2 types of mental illness?
neurosis and psychosis
what are neurotic conditions?
a mild mental disorder NOT arising from organic diseases – instead, it can occur from stress, depression or anxiety.
what are psychotic conditions?
a major personality disorder characterised by mental and emotional disruptions. It is much more severe than neurosis – often impairing and debilitating the affected individual.
what are some examples of neurotic conditions?
anxiety depression OCD phobia PTSD panic disorder
what are some examples of psychotic conditions?
schizophrenia
bipolar disorder
psychotic depression
from studies, what factors make getting a neurotic disease more likely?
being female, middle aged, separated/divorced/ living alone
from studies, what factors make getting a psychotic disorder more likely?
being separated or divorced, living alone, having low educational qualifications, being in manual social classes
are men or women more likely to drink at hazardous levels?
men 26% compared to 13% women
what is a CMD?
a common mental disorder
are women or men more likely to get a CMD?
women 1/5 compared to men 1/8
what are some of the most common mental disorders?
depression generalised anxiety disorder panic disorder OCD PTSD
what percentage of those with a CMD have hazardous drinking habits?
25%
what percentage of those with a CMD show signs of dependance on illicit drugs?
3.1%
what is descriptive statistics?
Data is collected and summarized and described in terms of means, SD’s etc.
what is inferential statistics?
Using statistical tests and confidence intervals to make generalisations about a population.
what are confidence intervals?
A range of values that’s likely to include a population value with a certain degree of confidence. It is often expressed as a % whereby a population mean lies between an upper and lower interval.
what is standard error?
the standard deviation of its sampling distribution or an estimate of that standard deviation.
what are confidence limits?
values that state the boundaries of the confidence interval.
why are confidence interval called interval estimates?
Because we estimate a lower and an upper limit which we hope will contain the true values.
