S2: Definitions, theories, DSM V

Question 1

definition:

mental illness

Answer 1

mental illness: condition that affects a person’s thinking, feeling or mood

Question 2

definition:

mental disorder

Answer 2

mental d/o: syndrome with clinically significant disruption in a person’s COGNITION, EMOTIONAL regulation, and BEHAVIOR

d/t dysfunction in psychological, biological or developmental processes

a/w distress/disability in social, occupational or other important aspects of life

Question 3

definition:

disease vs disorder

Answer 3

disease: interruption, cessation or d/o or bodily functions w/
- recognized etiology
- identifiable signs/sxs
- consistent anatomical alteration

d/o: complex interaction of biological, social and psych factors

Question 4

Psychoanalytic theory

Answer 4

Freud

behavior caused by:

• personality development
• unconscious novitiate

Question 5

Attachment theory

Answer 5

role of early caregiver and child relations

Question 6

Diathesis-stress model

Answer 6

to produce mental d/o, need both

• diathesis: non-biological or genetic factors that make someone vulnerable
• stressors: environmental influences

Question 7

according to diathesis-stress model, mental illness shaped by (3 major forces)

Answer 7

forces that shape mental illness (according to diathesis-stress model):

• biological/genetic
• environmental
• social/psychological

Question 8

define DSM and its role

Answer 8

DSM: Daignostic and Statistical Manual