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What is the wellness continuum?

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pre-mature death > high level wellness
Neutral point

By moving to the right, it prevents things such as depression, leaning on alcohol/ smoking.
Wellness is not static

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What is resilience?

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The ability to remain mentally well, despite life stresses

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How did ancient greeks view mental illness?

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Mental illness was viewed as possession caused by evil spirits or punishment by god. Plato, Pythagoras, Hippocrates said it was due to natural causes (the four humours)

Resolved it by putting poison into the body to rid the evil spirit. Also, rest, diet, exercise and abstinence from sex and alcohol.

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How did the 20th century view mental illness?

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Highlight the word “illness”. It was a mental “disease” which was approached by;

  • diagnosis
  • Aetiology
  • Prognosis
  • Treatment

Treatment included asylums, drugs, hospitalisation and Freudian concepts and psychoanalysis

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What does DSM-IV stand for and what is it used for?

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Diagnostic and statistical manual of American psychiatric association. It is used to outline the main diagnosis and related statistics surrounding mental health.

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What are the four main criteria used to determine if someone has a psychological disorder?

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depressed mood nearly everyday, insomnia/hype insomnia, diminished interest in pleasure activities, extreme restlessness/ slowness

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What are the 5 categories covered in the Mental Status Examination?

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  • Appearance & behaviour
  • Thought processes
  • Mood & affect
  • Intellectual functioning
  • Sensorium
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What is general appearance referring to? (Mental status examination)

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  • dress/general appearance
  • posture
  • facial expressions & movements

Based on idea people may neglect appearance/ hygiene when mentally ill.

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What is thought processes? (mental status examination)

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  • fast/ slow speech
  • trouble expressing ideas, are they logical?
  • perceptual experiences
  • bizarre talk (delusions & hallucinations)
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What is sensorium? (mental status examination)

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  • awareness of surroundings
  • level of alertness

Problems here may indicate brain dysfunction

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What are risk factors?

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Risk factors are things that people experience that have the ability to increase the likelihood that they will develop mental illnesses

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What are protective factors?

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Protective factors are believed to reside in an individual or environment. Protective factors allow for adaptive outcomes

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What are some biological risk factors?

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  • chronic illness
  • disability
  • prematurity
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what are some personal level risk factors?

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  • low self esteem
  • left school early
  • divorce
  • bullying
  • death in the family
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What are some sociocultural level risk factors?

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  • lack of social support
  • poor public health system
  • media portrayal of violence
  • population density
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What are some biological level protective factors?

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  • good health

- above average intelligence

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What are some basic level protective factors?

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  • good problem solving skills
  • optimism
  • empathy
  • belief in own ability
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What are some personal level protective factors?

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  • active lifestyle
  • small family size
  • experiences of achievement
  • more than 2 years between siblings
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What are some sociocultural level protective factors?

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  • strong, supportive family
  • sense of belonging to community
  • access to support
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What is the population health approach?

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It targets whole populations rather than individuals in trying to prevent the onset of mental illness.

Protective & risk factors are necessary for this approach because one can see what areas need improvement/response and what should be encouraged/ promoted in the community.

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Why does population health approach take a broad approach to prevention of mental illness?

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It helps governments understand appropriate mental health interventions and considers developmental perspectives, allowing interventions to target the boarder community, utilising a range of professionals.

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What are the three levels of the government’s national mental health strategy?

(using the population health approach)

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Mental health promotion: action taken to maximise mental health and well-being among populations and individuals.

Prevention: interventions that occur before the initial onset of a disorder to prevent development of the disorder

Early Intervention: interventions that specifically target people displaying early signs/symptoms of mental disorder & or those developing/experiencing a first episode of a mental disorder.

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What are health promotion strategies and what is an example?

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Health promotion strategies aim to maximise protective factors and minimise risk factors by creating supportive environments, strengthening community action, developing personal skills & give health services a preventative approach.

An example is telephone counselling or group counselling.

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How does prevention work universally?

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By targeting the general population

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How does prevention work selectively?

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By targeting population subgroups e.g. children of parents who have a mental disorder

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How does prevention work “as indicated”?

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By acknowledging the needs of high risk individuals, such as programs for children with behavioural issues.

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What are benefits of early intervention?

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  1. It shortens the period of care- issue resolved quicker

2. It minimises the intensity of intervention, making it easier to sustain

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What is anxiety?

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When an individuals level of worry is beyond the everyday and reaches a point wherein it is beyond the individuals ability to control and they are unable to stop worrying and symptoms are constantly present.

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What are the steps for using CBT to approach anxiety?

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  1. Education about the dynamics of anxiety
  2. Changing and challenging thoughts
  3. Dealing with avoidance
  4. Dealing with panic and hyperventilation
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What are symptoms of depression and what level of explanation do they fall under?

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Imbalance in neurotransmitters (biological)
Depressive thinking style (basic)
Vulnerability of particular personalities (personal)
Cultural differences in behaviour that reflect depression (sociocultural)

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How does CBT treat depression?

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CBT treats depression by correcting the maladaptive thinking, which removes the acute distress and the symptoms related- meaning depressive thoughts will not have as significant impact because an individual is able to cope with them. This also resists relapsing.

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What is pleasant event scheduling?

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People are formally assisted to schedule activities that have a high chance of causing pleasure. Also looking at daily activities and paying attention to pleasure/ achievement derived form these activities.

(related to CBT and treating depression)

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What is structured problem solving?

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Formally teaching and engaging in systematic problem solving

related to CBT and treating depression

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What is cognitive restructuring?

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Depression means to suffer from thinking that is making thoughts appear overwhelming. Cognitive restructuring allows people to mould these behaviour to allow them to cope.
It changes negative views of themselves, giving them the ability to effect change in their lives.

(related to CBT and treating depression)

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What are double blind trails?

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When the experimenter doesn’t know whether the participants are in the experimental or the control group

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What are randomised trials?

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When participants are randomly allocated to the experimental or control group

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What are control group trials?

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When the control group is not exposed to the independent variable.

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