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Social Work Test 3 Flashcards

1
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Mental Illness

A

a physical or mental impairment that substantially

limits one or more major life activities

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Medical Perspective

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Disability stems from a biological or physiological impairment
• Emphasis on “Sick role”

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Social Perspective

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Disability derives from social arrangements that restrict activities
• Emphasis on changing social systems

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Materialist Perspective

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Economic factors lead to oppression of people with disabilities.

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Postmodernist Perspective

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Disabilities are varied and complex; cannot be understood with one theory.

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How many Americans suffer from an emotional or metal disorder?

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25%

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Americans who know someone with a disorder but are not receiving help for it.

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33%

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Percentage who believe that mental health is a large issue in America.

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70%

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Thomas Szasz

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No arms or legs but does not let his disability hinder what he does in life.

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10
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DSM-V

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Diagnostic handbook for mental health professionals
• Now in 5th edition
• 1st edition published in 1952
• Social workers critiques of the DSM:

DSM does not provide useful language to talk about
Social deprivation,Strengths, Oppression, Racism, sexism, etc.

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Disorders diagnosed in infancy/Childhood

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Neurodevelopmental disorders:
ADHD/ ADD
Autism Spectrum Disorder

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12
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Mood disorders

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Major depressive disorder and Bipolar Disorder.

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Anxiety Disorders

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GAD- generalized anxiety disorder

OCD- obsessive Compulsive disorder

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Trauma and stress related disorders

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PTSD

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Other Mental Disorders

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eating disorders, sexual dysfunction and gender dysphoria, personality disorders, and culture-bound syndromes.

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3 Criteria for Admission

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threat to themselves, threat to others, gravely disabled.

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Acute

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extremely intensive

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Sub-acute

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less intensive

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Percentage of homeless who are mentally ill

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25-50%

20
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Intellectual disability- Mild

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50-69 IQ

21
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Intellectual disability- Moderate

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36-49 IQ

22
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Intellectual disability- Severe

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20-35 IQ

23
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Intellectual Disability- profound

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Below 20 IQ

24
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Possible causes of intellectual disability

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  • Gestational disorders
  • Toxemia or fetal alcohol syndrome
  • Infections during gestation
  • Postnatal cerebral infection (encephalitis, meningitis)
  • Nutritional deficits
  • Chromosome abnormalities (Down’s)
  • Metabolic disorders (inherited)
  • Trauma to the brain
25
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Disability Rights Movement

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Early 1970’s

26
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American’s with Disabilities Act

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Established civil rights for people with disabilities.

  • Requires:
  • Reasonable accommodation in employment
  • Public accommodations
  • And accommodations in other areas of life
27
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Drug

A 
Any habit forming substance that 
directly affects the brain and nervous 
system. It is a chemical that affects 
moods, perceptions, body functions, or 
consciousness and that has the potential 
for misuse because it may be harmful to 
the user
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Intoxication

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the state of being under
the influence of alcohol or other drugs
such that the thinking, feeling, and
behavior of the individual are affected.

29
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Substance Abuse

A 
a maladaptive 
pattern of using 
certain drugs, 
alcohol, medications, 
and toxins despite 
their adverse 
consequences.
30
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Drug addiction

A

a compulsion to use chemical
substances that results in a physiological
dependence in which the body tissues require
the substance to function comfortably.

31
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Most commonly abused drug

A

alcohol

32
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Alcohol

A

Depressant

  1. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
  2. Abuse and neglect
  3. Health problems
    - kidney problems, heart problems,
    cancer, diabetes, ulcers, impotency
  4. 1/5 of arrests for minor
    crimes
    5.Financial problems
  5. Unemployment
33
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Depressants

A

Psychoactive drug that suppresses or relaxes the Central Nervous System.

  1. Alcohol: most common addictions in the U.S.
  2. Barbiturates: reduce insomnia and anxiety. Treats high blood pressure and schizophrenia
  3. Sleeping pills/sedatives: Valium and Xanax
  4. Tranquilizers: reduce anxiety and relax muscles
34
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Tobacco

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Stimulant

35
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Stimulant

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Psychoactive drug that stimulates functioning of the CNS

Caffeine, nicotine, amphetamines, crack and cocaine

36
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Crystal Meth- methamphetamine

A

highly addictive, one of the most addictive drugs.

problems : loss of appetite, loss of brain cells, odd sleep pattern, weight loss, rapid heart rate etc.

37
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Marijuana

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cannabinoid

38
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Cannabinoid

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impaired coordination, euphoria, slowed thinking, adn confusion. (marijuana and harshish)

39
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Heroine

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opioid 
Clouded 
mental functioning, Uncontrollable 
feelings of itching that result in 
compulsive scratching or picking at 
skin, Heart problems, Infectious 
diseases spread by shared needles (HIV 
and hepatitis B and C), Chronic 
pneumonia or other pulmonary diseases, Bacterial 
infections, Liver disease, Seizures
40
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Opioid

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medications that reduce pain because they reduce the intensity of the pain signals that are reaching the brain
- hydrocodone, oxycodone, morphine, opium, heroine.

41
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hallucinogens

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Result in unpredictable altered mental
states, distorted perceptions,
hallucinations, and sometimes flashbacks.
- LSD, Peyote, shrooms

42
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U.S. War on Drugs

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cut off supply of drugs from Latin American countries.

  • too expensive to jail everyone
  • focused on detention, arrest, and incarceration
43
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Needle exchange

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program to prevent spread of HIV and hepatitis.

44
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Models of addiction- Biopsychosocial

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drug addiction is the
result of biological, sociological, and psychological
factors in the environment

45
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Models of Addiction- disease

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addiction is mainly a disease, not a symptom of a personal problem.

46
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Models of Addiction- Psychological

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addiction is a way of coping with psychological problems or addictive personality.

47
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Models of addiction- Sociocultural

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addiction caused by society and culture

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