mental-physical comorbidities

Question 1

what does mental physical comorbidity mean

Answer 1

the co-occurance of mental disorders and physical disorders at a greater than chance level. may be concurrent or over a large time frame

Question 2

what are the mechanisms of physical disease to mental disease

Answer 2

psychological
medications
biological

Question 3

how do each of the physical to mental disorder mechanisms work

Answer 3

phycological - the disorder is life threatning or it majorly alters what the person can do with their life
medications - the medications for the disease can cause depression or other alterations in the mental state
biological - diseases in the brain can cause depression like symptoms and other disorders

Question 4

what are the three mechanisms of mental to physical disease

Answer 4

lifestyle changes
biological pathways
medications

Question 5

explain each one of the mechanisms of mental to physical disease

Answer 5

lifestlye: mentally unwell people will engage in unhealthy behaviours
biological - for example stress response and increased hormones causes physical disease
medications - medications for mental disease can cause weight gain or other physical factor changes.