MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS Flashcards

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What is bipolar disorder?

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a mood disorder that involves fluctuations from depressive lows to manic highs

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what are some symptoms of mania?

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increased activity 
decreased need for sleep 
risky behaviour-drugs, sex, investments 
increased self esteem 
flight of ideas
distractability 
increase in goal directed activity
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what are some symptoms of depression?

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depressed mood
negative thoughts 
agitation 
feeling slowed
fatigue
significant weight changes
sleep alterations 
social withdrawl 
loss of interest
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what are some causation theories of mental health disorders?

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  • genetics
  • trauma
  • stress
  • lack of resilience
  • for depression = low levels of serotonin in the brain
  • for psychosis= high levels of dopamine in brain
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what is schizophrenia?

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disorder that involves both positive and negative symptoms.

positive sympyoms + such as delusions, halluciantions, movement disorders, disorganised thought and cognition.
negative symptoms - such as blunt affect, poverty of speech/thought, social withdrawl, facial expressions

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what is psychosis?

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when a person is unable to distinguish b/w what is real and what is not. might experience delusions, hallucinations, disorganised thoughts/ behaviour

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name some different types of delusions.

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controlling
persecutory 
referential delusions 
religious delusions
grandiose delusions
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what is an intellectual disability?

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a person who has an IQ of less than 70.

  • concurrent defects/impairment in adaptive functioning (communication, self care, reading, work leisure)
  • apparent prior to 18 years old
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