Exam 1

Question 1

Supernatural Theories

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attribute mental illness to possession by evil or demonic spirits, displeasure of gods, eclipses, planetary gravitation, curses and sin

Question 2

Somatogenic theories

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identifies disturbances in physical functioning resulting from either illness, genetic inheritance, or brain damage or imbalance

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Psychogenic theories

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focus on traumatic or stressful experiences, maladaptive learned associations and cognitions, or distorted perceptions. Etiological theories of mental illness determine the care and treatment mentally ill individuals receive.

Question 4

Establishment of hospitals and _ beginning in the 16th century. Such institutions’ mission was to house and confine the mentally ill, the poor, the homeless, the unemployed, and the criminal

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asylums

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Holloway Sanatorium

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1885 Victorian approach to treating mental health. Treatments at Holloway included more occupational therapies

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abusing patients by beating sense into people

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Bedlem Hospital

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Treatments that involved removing a part or the entirety of the frontal lobe to manage emotions

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Lobotomies

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Delivering shock waves

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ECT

Question 9

Her research has the potential to change how we diagnose and understand mental health
Currently, behaviors are the window into emotions (and what people tell us)
If we can target one path in the brain through we can produce specific changes in behavior!!!
She is talking about being able to reprogram the brain at the circuitry level
Future of diagnosis will be through measuring brain activity and behavioral symptoms
Alleviate the need for trial and error with drug treatment for mental health
Another benefit is that working at the neural circuit level would eliminate any side effects that are produced from drug treatments

Answer 9

Kay Tye’s Ted Talk

Question 10

What are the levels of care

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Residential, inpatient, intensive outpatient, outpatient plus participation in groups, outpatient

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live, go to school, and receive treatment on a campus. longer term

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residential treatment

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stay on a mental health campus but shorter term than residential

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inpatient

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all day treatment but return home at night

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intensive outpatient

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individual outpatient and group work to complement individual work

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outpatient plus participation in groups

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weekly, biweekly, monthly,

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outpatient

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Gather info about unconscious material

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Projective Assessment

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Assess IQ and learning style

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Cognitive Assessment

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An assessment of a patient’s level of cognitive ability, appearance, emotional mood, and speech and though patterns at the time of evaluation

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Mental Status Exams

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Mood swings

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labile

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diminished variability and intensity with which emotions are expressed

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constricted

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emotions for the situation

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mood congruent

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Affect changes appropriately with topic

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Reactive Mood

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hard time expressing emotion facially w/ movement or voice (SX of schizophrenia)

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Blunted Affect

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very specific questions in a very specific order matched closely to diagnosis

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Structured Clinical Interview

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much more free form and follows clients lead

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Unstructured Clinical Interview

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Measures completed by individuals that match to diagnosis

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Self-report measures

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one that brought you in and most prominent

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Principal diagnosis

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disorders that occur together and are often equally as prominent

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Co-morbid

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Atypical presentation, Doesn’t Quite meet diagnostic, Criteria, Don’t Know etiology, Er situation

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NOS “not otherwise specified”

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Newest includes information specific to gender and culture for each diagnostic category which is an improvement
Criticism: Historically, labels have marginalized and stigmatized those not from mainstream

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DSM

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Asks what is wrong, how it got that way, and what can be done about it

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Clinical Formulation

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areas of vulnerability that increase the risk for the presenting problem (family history)

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Predisposing factors

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typically though of as stressor or other events that may be precipitants of the symptoms (conflicts about identity, relationship conflicts, or transitions)

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Precipitating Factors

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are any conditions in the patient, family, community or larger systems that exacerbate rather than solve the problem. E.g. relationship conflicts, lack of education, financial stresses, and occupation stress

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Perpetuating Factors

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includes the patient’s own areas of competency, skill, talents, interest and supportive elements. They counteract the predisposing, precipitating, and perpetuating factors.

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Protect Factors

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The model that impacts clinical formulation

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Biopsychosocial model

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What are we assessing during assessment process

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Mental status, Cognitive Functioning,
Emotional Wellness/Social Functioning, Cultural Context, Problem(s) & degree of impairment, Risk of harm to self and others, strengths and supports

Question 38

2 Domains of Weschler IQ tests

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Verbal and Performance IQ

Question 39

Verbal IQ

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Verbal Comprehension, abstract symbols, educational attainment, verbal memory, verbal fluency

Question 40

Performance IQ

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visual-spatial abilities, quality of non-verbal activities, ability to work quickly, capacity to work in concrete situations.