PPT 2 Part 3

Question 1

During the mid-80’s, Department of Health created the ___, later named ___

Answer 1

• Task Force on Mental Health
• Project Team on Mental Health

Question 2

• Reorganized the National Mental Health, now named the National Center for Mental Health
• Contributory in proposing two mental health bills in the late 80’s

Answer 2

Project Team on Mental Health

Question 3

NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM

In 2017, Senate Bill No. ___, 2017 was passed in the
congress and senate and was signed into a law on ___ as the ___

Answer 3

• 1354
• June 21, 2018
• Philippine Mental Health Act
  (Republic Act no. 11036.)

Question 4

GOAL : Reduce the incidence (rate of new cases) of mental illness and related problems

Answer 4

Primary prevention

Question 5

GOAL: Reduce mental ilnness’ prevalence by shortening the duration of episodes through prompt intervention

Answer 5

Secondary prevention

Question 6

GOAL: Treatment and rehabilitation as a way to improve the symptoms of illness and prevent further problems for the individual and the community

Answer 6

Tertiary prevention

Question 7

Treatment goals for mental disorders:

Answer 7

1. Reduce symptoms,
2. Improve personal and social functioning,
3. Develop and strengthen coping skills, and
4. Promote behaviors that make a person’s life better

Question 8

• Treatment with medications
• Medications are termed as PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATIONS
• Affect psychic functions, behavior, or experience

Answer 8

Psychopharmacological Therapy

Question 9

• Considered as 1st line treatment for almost all psychiatric ailments nowadays
• Not recommended for children ↓11 yrs. of age

Answer 9

Psychopharmacological Therapy

Question 10

Main Types of Medications for Psychopharmacological Therapy

Answer 10

• Antidepressants
• Antipsychotics
• Sleeping pills & minor tranquilizers
• Lithium and other mood stabilizers

Question 11

Use of alternating electric current which shall pass through the brain to produce unconsciousness and a convulsive seizure

Answer 11

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

Question 12

• Aims to relieve severe symptoms of some mental health problems
• Criteria for its usage are present
• Risks of the procedure
  ▪ Pregnancy
  ▪ Elderly
  ▪ CV conditions

Answer 12

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

Question 13

Treatment through verbal communication

Answer 13

Psychotherapy

Question 14

Psychotherapy

Examines current problems as they relate to earlier experiences, even from childhood

Answer 14

Psychodynamic psychotherapy

Question 15

Psychotherapy

Focuses on current thinking patterns that are faulty

Answer 15

Cognitive psychotherapy

Question 16

Cognitive psychotherapy

Focuses on how maladaptive feelings and behaviors are the
result of distorted thinking, and uses exercises, role playing, and other structured procedures to promote new thought patterns

Answer 16

Cognitive-behavioral therapy

Question 17

• Comprised of concerned members of the community who are united by a disability or predicament not shared by other members of the community
• Sharing of experience without feeling alienated helps the person to cope easily and quickly
• Informal groups of people who come together to address their common problems

Answer 17

Self-help groups

Question 18

The isolation in a treatment facility with the aim of restoring the person of his previous healthy state

Answer 18

Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Question 19

Mental disorders can last a ___, and most who have them simply live with their symptoms. Thus, today the primary objective is most often ___ rather than cure

Answer 19

• Lifetime
• Recovery