General Intro to Mental Disorder Flashcards
Which group of disorders are the most common mental disorder?
Anxiety disorders
28% of people report symptoms of anxiety
10th leading cause of disability worldwide in 2015
What is mental disorder and what is not according to DSM 5?
MD = 1) Occurs within the individual; 2) Clinically significant difficulties in thinking, feeling and; behaving; 3) Involves dysfunction in processes that support mental functioning
NOT MD = 1) Culturally specific reaction to an event; 2) Not primarily a result of social deviance or conflict with society
What are the main characteristics of mental disorders?
1) Personal behavior causing significant distress. CAVEAT–> Not all disorders cause distress (e.g. antisocial personality disorders) and not all distress are mental disorders (e.g. hunger experienced during religious fasting).
2) Violation of social norms. A little broad and narrow as social norms vary across cultures and ethnic groups.
3) Presence of disability and dysfunction. CAVEAT–> Not all mental disorders involve disabilities and not all disabilities are mental disorders
What are the characteristics of stigma?
1) Distinguishing label is applied
2) Label refers to undesirable attributes
3) People with label are seen as different
4) People with label are discriminated against.
What is stigma?
Destructive beliefs and attitudes held by a society that are ascribed to groups considered different in some way
Which is the most stigmatized condition in the 21st century?
Mental disorders
True or False? Benjamin Rush is credited with beginning moral treatment in the US.
False. It was Philippe Pinel in the 1800s
True or False? The most recent historical research has found that nearly all of the people persecuted as witches were mentally ill.
False. It was more healthy than ill people that were persecuted as witches.
It was however initially believed to be so. This was based on false interpretations of confessions by the accused, which the investigators believed as delusional beliefs or hallucinations.
Who was the first to propose that mental illness had a biological cause?
Hippocrates.
He rejected prevailing belief that mental disorders were a consequence of displeasure with the gods.
What were lunacy trials about?
To determine a person’s mental health (including orientation, memory, intellect, and daily life behavior).
It was believed then that physical injuries or illnesses gave rise to lunatic behavior
How is Dorothea Dix associated with moral treatment?
1) Established 32 new public hospitals, thus enlarging the number of people who could benefit from moral treatment.
2) Small number of staff did not allow for individualized treatment, a core facet of moral treatment.
