Intro to Psych Flashcards
branch of medicine that focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness
Psychiatry
Psychiatry has evolved into a _________________ as well as a _______________.
comprehensive scientific ; clinical discipline
true or false: psychiatry focuses on normal functioning
false
psychiatry: focus is mental illness or abnormality
give examples
schizophrenia alzheimer's disease mood disorders adjustment disorders personality disorders
what is the primary purpose of psychiatry?
diagnosis
treatment
research of mental illness
__________________ psychiatry is challenging because psychiatrists work with the brain.
contemporary
examples of neuroscientific tools that helped psychiatrists understand brain anatomy, brain chemistry, and neurophysiology
computerized tomography scan
functional magnetic resonance imaging
positive emission tomograph
true or false: psychiatry as a scientific discipline, it covers a broad range of knowledge base from molecular biologyto the concepts of the mind
true
what basic sciences are applied in psychiatry?
psychology
genetics
biochemistry
pharmacology
what are the subspecialties in psychiatry?
child and adolescent psychiatry consultation-liaison psychiatry social and community psychiatry forensic psychiatry geriatric psychiatry
preconceptions about psychiatry
psychiatry is __________ , ____________ and ____________.
fuzzy ; imprecise ; unaccountable
true or false: contemporary psychiatrist has multiple competencies.
and then give examples
true
MUST :
- understandand diagnosis, pathophysiology, amd the latest drug therapies
- possess empathy
- be able to counsel and comfort distraught patients and help patients function in their day-to-day lives
Psychiatry has enormous breadth:
As a ___________discipline, it treats the complex disturbances of the mind to the understandable reactions to human situations.
clinical
it is based on competent well-founded diagnosis and treatment.
illnesses
its purpose is to define and recognize illness
diagnosis
