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Mental Health Flashcards

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Mental Health Continuum

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The range of mental health conditions.

Ranges from mentally healthy, mental health problem to mental disorder.

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Mentally Healthy

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  • General positive state of wellbeing
  • ability to cope with life’s challenges
  • fulfil goals and potential
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Mental Health Problem

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  • Affects the way someone thinks, feels, behaves
  • Causes worry, irritability, changes in appetite and sleep.
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Mental Health Disorder

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  • If situation does not resolve
  • Impairs ability to function in everyday life.
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6 types of normality

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Sociocultural, functional, historical, situational, medical, statistical

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Sociocultural

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For behaviour to be normal it must be socially acceptable

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Functional

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You are abnormal if you cannot function in society (e.g., care for yourself, maintain friendships, hold a job).

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Historical

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A behaviour may have historically been normal, even if it isn’t currently normal.

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Situational

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A behaviour may be normal in a certain situation.

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Medical

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Abnormal behaviour is caused by a physical illness.

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Statistical

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Normal how most people think, feel, and behave.

Abnormality is how few people think, feel, and behave.

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What is the DSM-V?

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It’s an encyclopedia for the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of mental health conditions

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Neurodevelopmental/neurodivergence disorders

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ADHD, Dyslexia, other learning and motor disorders

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Neurocognitive disorders

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Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Korsakoff’s Syndrome, and traumatic brain injury.

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Substance-related and addictive Disorders

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include alcohol-related disorders, cannabis-related disorders and gambling disorders.

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Symptoms?

Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic Disorders

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common symptoms include delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized thinking.

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Depressive Disorders

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Including major depressive disorder and premenstrual dysphoric disorder.

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Bipolar and related Disorders

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episodes of mania (eg elation, high energy and activity) and depression (eg sadness, low energy and activity)

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Anxiety disorders

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include phobias, panic attacks, panic disorder, separation anxiety disorder, and substance/medication-induced anxiety disorder

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Obsessive-compulsive and related Disorders

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obsessive-compulsive disorder, hoarding disorder, trichotillomania (hair-pulling disorder), and excoriation (skin-picking disorder).

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Feeding and eating Disorders

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anorexia, bulimia and binge-eating disorder.

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Sleep-wake Disorders

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insomnia, narcolepsy, substance/medication-included sleep disorder and sleep apnoea.

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Disruptive, impulse control and conduct Disorders

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kleptomania, pyromania, and intermittent explosive disorder (i.e aggressive outbursts).

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Personality disorders

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general personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, antisocial personality disorder, and dependant personality disorder

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Neurodiversity definition

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brain variation. accepting that there are variations in how brains work.

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Neurotypical

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Thinking, feeling or behaving as a “normal person”

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Neurodivergent (skip this)

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Thinking, feeling or behaving “abnormally”

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Neurodiverse conditions

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Dyslexia, dyspraxia, OCD, Tourette’s, Autism and ADHD.

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Dyslexia

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Dyslexia is a language processing difficulty that can cause problems with reading, writing, and spelling.

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Dyspraxia

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Dyspraxia affects your physical coordination.

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OCD

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sometimes considered to be a neurodivergent condition because it affects how a person thinks and acts.

any behaviour that is repeated, often in a ritualistic way

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Tourette’s

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Tourette’s causes sudden, uncontrolled, repetitive muscle movements, and sounds called “tics”

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ADHD

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It can cause inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsiveness.

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Autism

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Autism affects how a person perceives the world and interacts and socialises with others, making it difficult for them to pick up and interpret social cues.

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BPS Model

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Biological, Psychological and Social Factors

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