Mental Illnesses

Question 0

Mental health problem

Answer 0

When the difficulties experienced by a person are mild, temporary and able to be treated within a relatively short period of time

Question 1

Mental illness

Answer 1

Defined as a psychological dysfunction experienced by an individual, usually involving stress, impairment in the ability to cope with everyday life, and thoughts, feelings and/or behaviour that are not typical of the person or appropriate within their society and/or culture

Question 2

Psychotic illness

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Involves loss of contact with reality eg. hallucinating, delusions

Question 3

Non-psychotic illness

Answer 3

Refers to individuals who remain in contact with reality despite their dysfunctional thoughts, feelings and behaviour eg. anxiety, panic disorder

Question 4

DSM-IV-TR

Answer 4

• diagnostic and statistic manual of mental disorders

- categorises individuals based on symptoms

Question 5

Anxiety

Answer 5

State of emotional arousal associated with feelings of apprehension, worry or uneasiness that something bad is about to happen

• 14.4% of the population have experienced an anxiety disorder
• most common in adulthood

Question 6

Dementia

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Progressive deterioration of the functioning of the neurons in the brain, resulting in memory impairment, a decline in intellectual ability, poor judgement and sometimes personality changes

• twice as many females as males get dementia
• 6.5% of the population over 65 years have dementia
• Alzheimer’s is the most common type

Question 7

ERA outline

Answer 7

• title
• abstract
• introduction
• method
• results
• discussion
• references

Question 8

ERA title

Answer 8

• brief
• indicate what investigation was about
• based on hypothesis
• eg. the beer goggles effect: the effects of alcohol on attractiveness ratings of the opposite sex

Question 9

ERA abstract

Answer 9

• summary about investigation (120 words)

- includes aim, main features of the method, results (main findings), conclusion

Question 10

ERA introduction

Answer 10

• 200-500 words
• background to investigation
• summarises relevant theory and results of other research related to investigation
• if there is no previous research, include a rationale for conducting the investigation
• aim
• hypothesis

Question 11

ERA method

Answer 11

• 150-200 words
• allows for research to be replicated
• includes participants, materials, procedure
• participants: how many, characteristics, population, how they were selected, how they were allocated to groups
• materials: list all materials
• procedure: steps of experiment

Question 12

ERA results

Answer 12

• summary of results
• table, graph, chart
• don’t explain results
• mean

Question 13

ERA discussion

Answer 13

• 200-250 words
• interpret and explain results
• state whether hypothesis is supported or rejected
• can the results be generalised
• previous research should be described
• extraneous variables

Question 14

ERA references

Answer 14

• list all sources
• quotes or summaries of information from another source must be referenced
• should be in alphabetical order baed on surname of first author

Question 15

Qualitative data

Answer 15

Information about qualities or characteristics of what is being studied

Question 16

Quantitative data

Answer 16

Numerical information on the quantity or amount if what is being studied

Question 17

Use of animals in research

Answer 17

NHMRC (national health and medical research council) states any research with animals can get performed only if the research can be justified (if the educational or scientific value outweighs the potential effects on the wellbeing of the animals)