Quiz #1 Flashcards
What are the 4 mental health professionals mentioned in class?
- Social Worker
- Marriage and Family Therapist
- Psychologist
- Psychiatrist
Where may Social Workers work?
CPS, Foster Care, Court System, Hospitals, Psych Hospitals
What can MFTs do?
Therapy with individuals, couples, families, and groups.
What can Psychologists do?
Teach at universities; may be a clinical psychologist, child psychologist; may conduct psych testing; research
What can Psychiatrists do?
Therapy or/and prescribe medications
Explain epidemiologist studies
- Study of epidemics
- Must have at least (effect) 1500 people
- Incidence
- Prevalence
- Life-time prevalence
- Identify risk factors
What is incidence in epidemiologist studies?
The number of new cases in a period of time
What is life-time prevalence in epidemiologist studies?
The chances of an individual of getting a condition in a lifetime
What is a longitudinal study?
A group of people who are studied for a long period of time–often for their entire life. Why? To identify risk factors for conditions.
What is a case study?
An in-depth study of a person, group, or unit of their life
What is a correlation study?
A study that looks at the relationship between two variables
Give an example of a correlation study
Height and weight of a person, Smoking and cancer, household income and education
What is a follow up study?
Studies that seek answers after a treatment
Give examples of a follow up study
Surveys, Ratings
What is a placebo study?
Tests the beliefs of individuals
Give an example of a placebo study
Sugar pills that’s used in a control group during a clinical trial
What are projective tests?
Tests that are used for folks who are reluctant to talk; uses the defense mechanism of projection
Name 3 types of projective tests
- Sentence completion
- House, Tree, Person
- Ink Blots
- T. A. T. (Tell a Tale: Tell a story about the picture presented)
What are mental status exams?
To gain an overall look at how a person is functioning & help them get the proper treatment
Name and explain 5 examples of mental status exams
- Appearance: How does the individual look?
- Mood: What’s the individual’s overall mood in the past month, weeks, or days
- Function: Can they move well?
- Affect: How are they now?
- Speech: Can they follow the conversation?
- Memory: Can they answer recall questions effectively? Serial 7’s
- S.I.: Have they have thoughts of suicide? Have they thought about how and when to do it? Have they attempted?
- H.I.: Have they have thoughts about killing someone? How and when? Have they had attempts?
- Overall knowledge of what’s is occurring
Explain the 5 factors of stress
- Duration: How long does the stress last?
- Severity: How severe is the stress?
- Predictability: How likely or predictable are they experiencing the stress?
- Degree of loss of control: Do they have control over their situation?
- Self confidence & coping skills
- Suddenness of on set: How quickly does the stressful event happen?
- Social skills & support: Does this individual have the social skills to make connections with others? Do they have relationships with others (family, friends, significant other)
Explain the 4 traits of people who develop physical problems from emotional issues.
- People who have difficulty dealing with change
- People who can’t handle strong feelings– love, anger, rejection
- Can’t read situations
- Poor social skills & support & lack a loving relationship
