psychosocial ch. 13: psychiatric disorders

Question 1

mental illness

Answer 1

disturbance in an individuals thinking, emotions, behaviors, and physiology

Question 2

burden of illness

Answer 2

typically emerges in adolescence and early adulthood (college aged)

Question 3

burden of illness- higher prevalence of high risk behavior such as what

Answer 3

unsafe sex
accidents and injuries
substance abuse
less likely to adhere to treatment and interventions

Question 4

major depressive disorder (MDD)

Answer 4

• 7% of the population
  -women 2x times more likely, beginning in adolescence
  -18-29 year olds, prevalence 3x higher than adults over 60

Question 5

depression in children and teens, how are symptoms different than adults

Answer 5

-irritability or cranky mood instead of sadness
-boredom
-changes in grades or attendance

Question 6

depression in elderly, tend to present with more physical symptoms

Answer 6

-fatigue
-insomnia
-loss of appetite
-pain
-headaches
-GI distress

Question 7

symptoms of Bipolar Spectrum Disorder

Answer 7

-episodic with intervals of mania and periods of remission when person may be symptom free (intervals of depression may or may not be present)

-more complex than depression, higher morbidity and mortality rate

Question 8

anxiety disorder definition

Answer 8

nervousness that is out of proportion to the intensity of the situation or persists longer than is typical

Question 9

definition of phobia

Answer 9

an intense fear of an event, object, person, or situation

Question 10

definition of panic attack

Answer 10

a sudden, uncued, and intense fear of anxiety

Question 11

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Answer 11

-trauma and stressor-related disorder

-must be diagnosed based on the presence of 3 clusters: re-experiencing the traumatic event, hyperarousal and hypervigilant behaviors, avoidance of stimuli that trigger memories of the event

Question 12

prevalence of PTSD

Answer 12

-simply experiencing the fear of death or injury can be enough to trigger, they do not need to personally experience the event

-women diagnosed twice as much as males

-people who experience trauma as a child are more likely to develop this disorder as an adult

-people in poverty, urban areas, and/or minorities are more likely to suffer from PTSD

Question 13

obsessive Compulsive Disorder- Definition of obsessions

Answer 13

intrusive thoughts, images or urges that are unwanted and cause significant distress

Question 14

obsessive Compulsive Disorder- Definition of compulsions

Answer 14

repetitive behaviors (hand washing, ordering, checking, asking for reassurance) or mental acts (counting, repeating words silently) that a person driven to perform in response to an obsession