Exam 1 Flashcards
What is an longitudinal study and epidemiology study
A longitudinal study, is a study done on a group of people over a long period of time, possibly for their whole lives.
An epidemiology study, are study’s of epidemics, such as the oxy cotton crises
Explain a case study and a follow up study
A case study: Is a study that’s follows a person’s story and the impact of their disorder
A follow up: Is where someone is called or talked to after a study at a later date
What’s are 5 factors of stress
Predictability
Duration
Severity
Sudden of onset
Social skills/ social support
What type of people are likely to develop mental issues
- People who have a hard time adapting to change
- People who struggle to deal or handle their emotions or expressing
- People who have a hard time reading situations
- Poor socials skills-poor social support
Explain a mental state exam (MSE)
A mental state exam is done to see what type of treatment a person may need.
They check by looking at:
orientation, are they able to stand or sit without swaying.
Memory, to see if they can remember basic things.
Appearance, how do they look? Are the dirty?.
Speech, are they able to speak coherently
S.I
H.I
What’s is a correlation study
What’s is a double blind study
A correlation study is, when two variables are looked to see if there is a relationship between the two. Depression and eating fat food.
A double blind study, a study done to test medication usually, a group of people will be given a placebo or the real drugs to see what the affects are.
Depression medication.
What is an projective test
What’s is a thematic appreciation test
What is an ink blot test
Projective, clients are asked to draw a house a person and a tree. Where and how things are drawn base the results
Thematic, a set of photos and then the client is asked to tell a narrative based of the photo shown
Ink blot, is a series of paper with ink blots and asked to say what they see
What is an iq test
What is a completion sentence test
IQ test, is a series of basic tests to see what the iq of a person is, 2+2
Completion sentence, clients are asked to complete a sentence, to see what comes to mind
What are the different mental health professions
LCSW, social worker,may work in cps
LMFT, licensed marriage family therapist-therapist for a married couple
Phd- psychologist, might teach and or therapy
Psychiatrists MD, they go to medical school and can prescribe medication
Explain 3 bullet points on bio
4 bullet points on psych and social
And one overall
Bio, medication,genetic,sleep
Psych, anxiety,shame,coping skills, depression
Social, culture,social media,religion, peer pressure
These combination of 3 things contributes to getting a disorder
What can be physically attributed to anxiety/stress
Fertility issues,ibs,cancer,high blood pressure,insomnia
Explain a somatic symptom disorder
1-2% of women 0.5% of men, often in women starting around the age of 30-35,4 pain sites 2 GI, 1sexual issue, and 1 brain issue. Often take a lot of medication.
Explain and give example of secondary gain
Secondary gain is when someone is benefiting from disorder, either they get time off work or sympathy for have a disorder.
What is a somatic symptom disorder(pain)
They have pain that is bad enough they seek medical attention
The pain prevents them from functioning in some way
Psychological factors play a role in severity of pain
Not faking but over exaggerated
Explain types of personalities
Type a- on the go competitive motivated
Type a hostile- angry, may rage or verbally abuse people
Type b-calm mellow
