W11 MENTAL HEALTH 1

Question 1

What are examples of z-hypnotics

Answer 1

zolpidem, zopiclone, eszopiclone

Question 2

MENTAL HEALTH refers to what?

Answer 2

a person’s cognitive, behavioural and emotional wellbeing

Question 3

In a person w good mental health, these changes are t_____ and _____-______, and do not significantly or ______ _______ w their day-to-day functioning.

Answer 3

transient, short-lived, chronically interfering

Question 4

MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER (aka mental illness) describes the presence of a health condition that is characterised by changes in…

Answer 4

emotion, mood, thinking, or behaviour (or combination) that are PERSISTENT, ASSOCIATED W DISTRESS/DISABLEMENT, INTERFERING W FUNCTIONING IN SOCIAL, WORK OR FAMILY ACTIVITIES.

Question 5

What 5 Q’s should you ask your patient to clarify about mental health?

Answer 5

• Is it a specific or general concern?
  
  • Is it based on something that has actually happened, is it about to happen, or may potentially/hypothetically happen in the future?
  • What is the patient actually feeling and thinking?
  • Is it persistent?
    Is it interfering w daily life?

Question 6

What is the difference between psychologists and psychiatrist?

Answer 6

• both can provide psychotherapy
• most psychiatrists treat patients by prescribing medication, while psychologists mainly rely on providing talk and/or cognitive-behavioural therapy

Question 7

The limbic system sits under the…

Answer 7

cerebrum

Question 8

The limbic system is the major…

Answer 8

primordial brain network underpinning MOOD

Question 9

The hypothalamus modulates…

Answer 9

hormones associated w mood and survival.
it controls autonomic functions like sweating, heart-rate, breathing and sleeping

Question 10

The hippocampus reminds us which courses of action lead to…

Answer 10

outcomes that match w our mood.
May be shrunken in people w depression.