MODULE 1-3 Flashcards
The study of the development of the mind; a science that deals with promoting, maintaining, and restoring mental health.
MENTAL HYGIENE
The state of balance between an individual’s needs, aspirations, and attitude in relation to his/her external environment.
MENTAL HEALTH
A science made up of facts and principles embodied in a program and it aims to prevent and reduce mental illness.
MENTAL HYGIENE
Concerned with staying away from mental disturbances that may lead to real psychoses; it aims to develop well-adjusted personalities through wholesome environmental influences that will enable people to attain emotional maturity.
PREVENTIVE APPROACH
Aims to correct minor behavioral maladjustment so that these do not develop serious handicaps.
AMELIORATIVE APPROACH
Involves the detection and correction of serious maladjustment problems.
CURATIVE OR SUPPORTIVE APPROACH
A prolonged, severe feeling that something unpleasant is about to happen when there is no apparent cause or worry.
ANXIETY
A sickness that involves the body, thoughts and mood of a person; characterized by feelings of severe despair, dejection, inadequacy, and guilt.
DEPRESSION
Discrepancy between performance and potentials.
POOR PERFORMANCE
Sudden change of mood is an early sign of failing mental health.
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Mental hygiene is a composite of many fields. It includes the home, school, church, and other institutions that help develop stable emotional reactions and desirable behavior patterns in individuals of all ages.
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A branch of medicine, which deal with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders; it studies the direct and indirect causes of mental disorder.
PSYCHIATRY
Involves the diagnosis and treatment of the physical damage of the brain and other parts of NS.
NEUROLOGY
Branch of biology that deals with the study of heredity; the transmission of traits from parents to offspring.
GENETICS
Deals with the constitution, evolution and phenomena of human society; concerned primarily with the effects of community life and family organization on the physical and mental welfare of the people.
SOCIOLOGY
Concerned with the effects of culture in personality growth; helps mental hygienists find ways and means for healthy personality development.
ANTHROPOLOGY
Study of child from prenatal to adolescent stage.
CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
Deals with the deviations in human behavior and helps mental hygienists understand the causes of personality disorders.
ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
Orients mental hygienists about the learning process.
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Defines the capacities and characteristics of an individual through the use of various methods of measurement, analysis and observation.
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Concerned with the behavior research and practice which views both body and mind as important determinants of health and illness
HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
Branch of medical science which deals with the recognition and treatment of physical disorders with psychogenic background (neuroses).
PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE
It is composed of medical specialists, clinical psychologists, psychiatric social workers, and psychiatric nurses who work together to determine the nature and cause of the patient’s personality disorders.
PSYCHIATRIC CLINIC/FACILITY
Verifying the cause of patient’s disorder.
DETERMINE ETIOLOGY
Study the origin, development, and symptoms of the disorder through various techniques.
DIAGNOSIS
Determine probable outcome of the patient’s disorder; how long the treatment will take.
PROGNOSIS
Father of Medicine
HIPPOCRATES (460-437BC)
Insisted that mental disorders had natural causes and required treatment like other diseases.
HIPPOCRATES (460-437BC)
Pointed out that the “dancing mania” was not due to possession of spirits and demons but is a form of disease, and should be treated as such.
PARACELSUS (16TH CENTURY)
He also formulated the idea of psychic causes for mental illness and advocated treatment through “bodily magnetism”, which later became hypnotism.
PARACELSUS (16TH CENTURY)
It was when the scientific approach received its first impetus from the works of Philippe Pinel and William Tuke in England.
1772
He initiated reforms for the treatment of mental patients, which includes the release of patients from chains.
PHILIPPE PINEL
He laid down the foundation for psychiatry through this approach of treating the mentally ill.
PHILIPPE PINEL
Earned the title “Father of Psychiatry”
PHILIPPE PINEL
Established a peasant country hose where mental patients lived, worked, and rested in a kind religious atmosphere called the York Retreat.
WILLIAM TUKE
The York Retreat gained support from ________ and ______ and other English medical psychologists.
JOHN CONALLY AND SAMUEL HITCH
The Father of AMERICAN Psychiatry
BENJAMIN RUSH
In 1783, he revolutionized the treatment of the mentally ill throughout the civilized world. He also encouraged more humane treatment of the mentally ill.
BENJAMIN RUSH
In 1848, ___________, a New England school teacher, submitted a report to the Congress of the US, which aroused the attention of the people and legislators towards the inhumane treatment of the mentally ill.
DOROTHEA DIX
In 1903, he initiated the mental hygiene movement. His profound interest on the subject was the result of his own experiences as a mental patient, confined for 3 years in state and private mental hospitals.
CLIFFORD WITTINGHAM BEERS
In ____________, the National Committee for Mental Hygiene was organized, which received financial aid from Rockefeller Foundation.
FEBRUARY 9, 1909
Major Aims of National Committee for Mental Hygiene
- To help provide the mentally ill with decent housing, clothing, and food;
- To help give them the best possible scientific treatment;
- To help lessen the factors which lead to mental illness;
- To help increase the mental stamina of all men, women, and children.
In 1948, the __________________ was organized in London. This federation was actively participated by agencies of United Nations that have direct bearing on mental health.
WORLD FEDERATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH (WFMH)
Institutional care and treatment of the mentally ill at Hospicio de San Jose.
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
during the US occupation, the HSJ was converted to an orphanage
1904
City Sanitarium in San Juan de Monte, Rizal was made the mental institution of Manila
1918
Insular Psychopathic Hospital was established, later renamed National Mental Hospital
1928
City Sanitarium was closed
1935
City Sanitarium was closed
1935
Mariveles, Mental Hospital (former quarantine station)
1955
establishment of extension services in Cagayan, Cavite, Negros Occidental, Caloocan, Baguio, Iloilo, Cebu
1960
Quarantine Station was closed due to difficulty management
1961
Quarantine Station reopened to relieve the congestion at the NMH
1963
NMH organized the Friends of the National Mental Hospital (FNMH) a non-profit organization composed of NHM employees and private individuals
1969
Extension services became special hospitals
1978
Special hospitals were integrated into the provincial or regional hospitals as Psychiatric departments.
INTEGRATION PERIOD
MENTAL HYGIENE PROBLEMS IN THE PHILIPPINES
- Lack of government support
- Attitude of the people towards mental illness and its treatment
- Problem of prophylaxis
PMHA Programs and Services
- PRIMARY PROGRAM
- SECONDARY PROGRAM
- TERTIARY PROGRAM
Education information services through seminars, workshops, community health outreach and training programs.
PRIMARY PROGRAM
Clinical and diagnostic services.
SECONDARY PROGRAM
Rehabilitation services through daycare services, programs, and activities.
TERTIARY PROGRAM
