Mental Health Flashcards
Mental Health Continuum
The range of mental health conditions.
Ranges from mentally healthy, mental health problem to mental disorder.
Mentally Healthy
- General positive state of wellbeing
- ability to cope with life’s challenges
- fulfil goals and potential
Mental Health Problem
- Affects the way someone thinks, feels, behaves
- Causes worry, irritability, changes in appetite and sleep.
Mental Health Disorder
- If situation does not resolve
- Impairs ability to function in everyday life.
6 types of normality
Sociocultural, functional, historical, situational, medical, statistical
Sociocultural
For behaviour to be normal it must be socially acceptable
Functional
You are abnormal if you cannot function in society (e.g., care for yourself, maintain friendships, hold a job).
Historical
A behaviour may have historically been normal, even if it isn’t currently normal.
Situational
A behaviour may be normal in a certain situation.
Medical
Abnormal behaviour is caused by a physical illness.
Statistical
Normal how most people think, feel, and behave.
Abnormality is how few people think, feel, and behave.
What is the DSM-V?
It’s an encyclopedia for the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of mental health conditions
Neurodevelopmental/neurodivergence disorders
ADHD, Dyslexia, other learning and motor disorders
Neurocognitive disorders
Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Korsakoff’s Syndrome, and traumatic brain injury.
Substance-related and addictive Disorders
include alcohol-related disorders, cannabis-related disorders and gambling disorders.
Symptoms?
Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic Disorders
common symptoms include delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized thinking.
Depressive Disorders
Including major depressive disorder and premenstrual dysphoric disorder.
Bipolar and related Disorders
episodes of mania (eg elation, high energy and activity) and depression (eg sadness, low energy and activity)
Anxiety disorders
include phobias, panic attacks, panic disorder, separation anxiety disorder, and substance/medication-induced anxiety disorder
Obsessive-compulsive and related Disorders
obsessive-compulsive disorder, hoarding disorder, trichotillomania (hair-pulling disorder), and excoriation (skin-picking disorder).
Feeding and eating Disorders
anorexia, bulimia and binge-eating disorder.
Sleep-wake Disorders
insomnia, narcolepsy, substance/medication-included sleep disorder and sleep apnoea.
Disruptive, impulse control and conduct Disorders
kleptomania, pyromania, and intermittent explosive disorder (i.e aggressive outbursts).
Personality disorders
general personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, antisocial personality disorder, and dependant personality disorder
Neurodiversity definition
brain variation. accepting that there are variations in how brains work.
Neurotypical
Thinking, feeling or behaving as a “normal person”
Neurodivergent (skip this)
Thinking, feeling or behaving “abnormally”
Neurodiverse conditions
Dyslexia, dyspraxia, OCD, Tourette’s, Autism and ADHD.
Dyslexia
Dyslexia is a language processing difficulty that can cause problems with reading, writing, and spelling.
Dyspraxia
Dyspraxia affects your physical coordination.
OCD
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
Tourette’s
Tourette’s causes sudden, uncontrolled, repetitive muscle movements, and sounds called “tics”
ADHD
It can cause inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsiveness.
Autism
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.
BPS Model
Biological, Psychological and Social Factors
