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What are some models regarding causes of mental illness?

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Genetic.
Biological.
Psychological.
Socio-cultural.
Systemic.
Biopsychosical.
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What is the genetic model of causes of mental illness?

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Illness results from a specific gene or patterns of genes.

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What is the biological model of causes of mental illness?

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Brain chemistry (dopamine, serotonin).
Brain areas.
Hormones.

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What are the psychological models of causes of mental illness?

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Freud.
Behaviourism.
Humanism.
Cognitive approaches.

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What are the socio-cultural and systemic models of causes of mental illness?

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Effects of society and culture.
Gender.
Ethnicity.
Socioeconomic status.
Family and relationships.
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What is the biopsychosocial model of causes of mental illness?

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Usually (but not always) includes a biological or genetic predisposition for risk triggered by a social of psychological event.

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What is the biological/medical model treatment of mental illness?

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Psychopharmacological.

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Psychopharmacological is the treatment of mental illness by which model?

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The biological/medical model treatment of mental illness.

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What is the biological/medical model treatment of mental illness based on?

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The current understanding of chemistry behind disorders.

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What are some unpleasant side effects of psychiatric medications?

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Weight gain.
Emotional changes.
Sleep and appetite changes.

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Why may patients refuse to take medications?

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Unpleasant side effects.

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The NHS estimated in 2015 that ____ to _____% of people treated with an antidepressant for depression will see an improvement.

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50 - 65.

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Who estimated that 50 - 65% of of people treated with an antidepressant for depression will see an improvement and in what year?

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The NHS in 2015.

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What are 2 other biological therapies?

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Electric shock and lobotomy.

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What are the behavioral model approaches towards treating mental health based on?

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Principles of conditioning.

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What are some examples of behavioral model approaches towards treating mental health?

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Exposure and response prevention.
Aversion therapy.
Operant conditioning.

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What does the behavioural model of treatments believe about changing responses and the mind?

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“Change anxious response to a relaxed one, mind will follow.”

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When are behavioural model of treatment approaches particularly used?

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Particularly used in anxiety.

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What is the most common form of therapy?

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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

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What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy?

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A cognitive treatment.

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What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy most commonly used for treating?

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Depression and anxiety.

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What are some common cognitive patterns?

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‘All or nothing’ thinking.

Catastrophic thinking.

Magnification or minimisation.

Prescriptive thinking (too high expectations).

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The Cognitive-Behavioural approach suggest that dysfunction arises to to ________ thought processes such as ____________ and _________.

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Maladaptive thought processes such as negative schemas and attributions.

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What are behavioural approaches often paired with?

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Cognitive approaches.

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What is the goal of the psychodynamic approach?

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To have self-understanding and self-insight.

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What do psychodynamic approaches hope to uncover?

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Supressed and unconscious conflict.

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What are two methods of the psychodynamic approaches to mental health treatment?

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Dream interpretation and free-association.

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What do the psychodynamic approaches say people use?

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Defense mechanisms.

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What are some defense mechanisms?

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Repression.

Denial.

Regression.

Displacement.

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What is the ‘Repression’ defense mechanism?

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An unconscious mechanism to keep disturbing or threatening thoughts from becoming conscious.

“Hiding memories”.

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What is the ‘Denial’ defense mechanism?

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Blocking external events from awareness. Refusal to experience the event if it is too stressful for the person.

“No, it’s not happening”.

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What is the ‘Regression’ defense mechanism?

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A movement back in psycholigical time when one is faced with stress.

Like a child sucking their thumb like a baby when they need to spend time in hospital.

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What is the ‘Displacement’ defense mechanism?

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Satisfying an impulse (e.g. aggression) with a subsitute object.

Being pissed off with your boss but going home and kicking your dog instead.

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What are three group therapies in psychotherapy? Explain/examples.

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Peer group therapy (Alcoholics Anonymous).

Family systems therapy (where individual lives ina family setting).

Therapeutic communities (Rehab).

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