Unit 4 - Mental Health

Question 1

One in __ Canadians have a mental illness sometime in their life

Answer 1

3

Question 2

___ is associated with help seeking

Answer 2

stigma

Question 3

Can mental health problems exacerbate medical problems?

Answer 3

• yes
• less mobile, active, increased CV risk

Question 4

What is mood?

Answer 4

• the way a person feels

Question 5

What is affect? (2)

Answer 5

• observable response a person has to his or her own feelings
• combined interaction between mood, energy, and cognition
  ie. the way people present themselves

Question 6

What are the interacting components of mood and affect? (3)

Answer 6

• energy
• cognition
• mood

Question 7

What is on the low range of mood and affect? (3)

Answer 7

• melancholy
• depression (medical diagnosis)
• corresponding decline in functional ability

Question 8

What is on the normal range of mood and affect? (2)

Answer 8

• euthymia
• optimal functional ability

Question 9

What is on the elevated range of mood and affect? (4)

Answer 9

• Mania (medical diagnosis)
• corresponding decline in functional ability
• inappropriate
  – sexually active, spending money you do not have

Question 10

What is the definition of mental health?

Answer 10

• a state of wellbeing in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life
• can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community

Question 11

What is a mental health disorder? (2)

Answer 11

• a diagnosable mental illness
• characterized by a combination of abnormal thoughts, perceptions, emotions, behaviour and relationship with others

Question 12

What do mental disorders include (6)

Answer 12

• depression
• BPD
• Schizophrenia + other psychoses
• dementia
• developmental disorders, including autism
• abnormal thoughts

Question 13

Does not having a MHD guarantee mental health?

Answer 13

no

Question 14

What is euthymia? (3)

Answer 14

• normal and healthy fluctuations of mood
• normal experiences of joy and sadness
• fluctuations can vary from one person to another

Question 15

What is melancholy? (2)

Answer 15

• undiagnosed mood state characterized by sadness, despair, and decreased functional ability
• Depression: diagnosed mood state

Question 16

What is mania? (2)

Answer 16

• diagnosed mood state
• a euphoric or agitated affective state

Question 17

Cognition is an interacting component affecting mood and affect. What is it?

Answer 17

• normal information processing (thoughts are occurring at a normal rate) stay within euthymic range and curve upwards with low mood and energy, and downward with mania

Question 18

What curve does mood follow?

Answer 18

follows the curve of energy

Question 19

What curve does energy follow?

Answer 19

mood