Unit 1 Mental health vs Mental illness Chapter 1 Flashcards
What is Mental health?
Mental health is a state of well-being in which individuals reach their own potential, cope with the normal stresses of life, work productively, and contribute to the community. Mental health provides people with the capacity for rational thinking, com- munication skills, learning, emotional growth, resilience, and self-esteem.
What is Mental illness?
Mental illness refers to all psychiatric disorders that have definable diagnoses. These disorders are manifested in significant dysfunctions that may be related to developmental, biolog- ical, or psychological disturbances in mental functioning.
Not able to go on with activity of daily living.
Not able to cope with stressors of life
Is this scenario an example of mental health or mental illness?
“Your first-time mom hasn’t been with eating enough meals throughout they due to the stress of having twin babies. She has recently seen herself as fat and refuses to eat although her BMI is in standard range for her height?
A. Mental illness
B. Mental health
A. Mental illness
What is a key word associated with Mental health?
A. Dysfunction
B. Schizophrenia
C. Resilience
D. Disturbance
C. Resilience
Mental health provides people with the capacity for rational thinking, com- munication skills, learning, emotional growth, resilience, and self-esteem.
What is the definition Resilience?
Resilience is the ability and capacity for people to secure the resources they need to support their well-being. It is a quality found in some children of poverty and abuse who seek out trusted adults. These adults provide them with the psychological and physical resources that allow them to excel.
What makes some people adapt to tragedy, loss, trauma, and severe stress better than others?
individual attribute of resilience.
Which of the following statements are is true about Mental Health Continuum?
A. Once a patient has reached marked distress they can only decrease to moderate distress.
B.The patient who has experienced Marked distress may show signs and symptoms of suicidal ideation.
C. Patients that display marked distress is able to to continue on with activities of daily life.
D. There is 5 stages of the Mental health continuum
B.The patient who has experienced Marked distress may show signs and symptoms of suicidal ideation.
Your patient has recently lost his job after working for the company for 15 years. He is currently back on his morgage because of the loss of his job. Despite the setbacks he still has hope that there is something bigger and better in the future.
What phenomenon is your patient displaying?
A. Mild distress
B. Resilience
C. Moderate distress
D. Marked Distress
B. Resilience
Do individuals that display resilience are unaffected by stressors in life?
A. Yes
B. No
B. No
Being resilient does not mean being unaffected by stressors. People who are resilient are effective at regulating their emo- tions and not focusing on negative, self-defeating thoughts.
What is the number attribute that individuals with resilience display?
A. Negative coping skills
B. Unmasked grief
C. Complicated Grief
D. Great coping skills
D. Great coping skills
coping with your stressors and finding outlets can heavily increase your resilience in life situations.
Which of the following falls under Mental illness?
A. Epilepsy
B. Depression
C. Sleep apnea
D. Down syndrome
B. Depression
Mental illness is categorized by
*All psychiatric disorders
-Schizophrenia Spectrum
Disorders
-Depressive Disorders
-Post traumatic disorder
-Suicidal ideation
*Significant dysfunction
Mental illness is categorized by…
*All psychiatric disorders
-Schizophrenia Spectrum
Disorders
-Depressive Disorders
-Post traumatic disorder
-Suicidal ideation
*Significant dysfunction
Your patient has recently been divorced and is seeking a support group to cope with this heartbreak. Is your patient exhibiting resilience?
A. Yes
B. No
A. Yes
Resilience: the ability and capacity for people to secure resources
needed for well-being.
Risk factors for mental illness Socio economic
Social (Family, peer groups, school) circumstances can..
*inadequacy,
*Instilling anxiety
-Your immediate social surroundings impact personal attributes.
The earliest social group, the family, has tremendous effects on developing and vulnerable humans.
The family sets the stage in promoting confidence and coping skills or for instilling anxiety and feelings of inadequacy.
Economic
resources available to increase mental health
(from book )
For example, socioeconomic status dictates the sort of resources available to support mental health and reduce concerns over basic needs such as food, clothing, and shelter. Educational advancement is a tremendous supporter of mental health by providing opportunities for a satisfying career, security, and economic benefits.
Protective Factors for mental illness
Social and or economic (Family, peer groups, school) circumstances can..
*promote confidence,
*coping skills,
*resilience
Environmental views on Mental illness (Culture)
Access and lack of access to basic needs and commodities such as health- care, water, safety services, and a strong highway system have a profound effect on community mental health
Predominant cultural beliefs, attitudes, and practices influence mental health. There is no standard measure for mental health, partly because it is culturally defined.