Unit 1: mental health Flashcards
A belief that he/she has a dysfunctional body part
Somatic
Types of Delusions
Persecutory Grandiose Reference Control/ influence Somatic Nihilistic
based on a lack of understanding –> negative judgments about people with mental illness
Stigma
Successful performance of mental functions –> the ability to engage in productive activities, enjoy fulfilling relationships, and change/ COPE w/ adversity
Mental Health
Clinically significant behavioral or psychological syndrome; Marked by distress, disability, or the risk of suffering disability or loss of freedom.
Mental Illness
Inability of the general population to understand the motivation behind a behavior
Incomprehensibility
Behavior is categorized as normal or abnormal according to one’s cultural/ societal norms
Cultural Relativity
Number of Americans the experience Mental Illness
1/5
% of Americans Suffering with Anxiety Disorders (2010)
19.1%
% of Americans Suffering with Depressive Disorders (2010)
9.9%
% of Americans Suffering with Schizophrenia (2010)
1.1%
% of Americans with a Hx of Substance Abuse (2010)
11.3%
Walking Wounded
The Severely Mentally Ill
Need the most help, but receive the least amount of funding
The Worried Well
“US”
Neurotic/ simple maladjustments
Work, jobs, health insurance–>want help, get it
Contemporary Issues Pertaining to Mental Health
The Walking Wounded
The Worried Well
Homelessness
ABC’s of Pre-Enlightenment
Assistance
Banishment
Confinement
Enlightenment
Establishment of Asylums as a safe place
Dorathea Dix
Period of Enlightenment
Eastern Lunatic Asylum (Williamsburg, VA)
Period of Scientific Study
(1870’s)
Understand, tx, dx
Began classifying s/s (objective thought)
Frued
Persecutory Delusion
Paranoid/ Persecution- someone is out to get them
Reference Delusion
Whatever is happening in the environment is about him/her.
The world revolves around them
Control/ Influence
Beliefe that someone else is controlling thoughts and behavior
Nihilistic Delusion
A belief that he/ she/ a body part/ or even the world does not east or has been destroyed (I am no longer alive)
S/S of paranoid/ suspiciousness
scans the environment
questions motives of interview
refuses to answer questions
Magical Thinking
think children; speaking in a why that his words/ actions have powers
Religiosity
Obsession w/ religious ideas/ behaviors
Poverty of Content
vague, cliche, or stereotypical statements
