Week 1

Question 1

what is a medical definition of mental health?

Answer 1

significant disturbance in an individuals cognition, emotion regulation, or behaviour that reflects a dysfunction in the psychological, biological or developmental processes underlying mental functioning.

Mental disorders are usually associated with significant distress or disability in social, occupational or other activities.

Question 2

what is a legal definition of mental health?

Answer 2

condition that is characterised by significant disturbance in mood thought perception or memory

Question 3

What is not considered under mental illness legally?

Answer 3

• political opinions
• religious beliefs
• illegal or immoral conduct
• use of drugs or alcohol

Question 4

How many people in Australia have a mental condition?

Answer 4

1 in 5

20%

Question 5

Are mental health conditions more common in males or females?

Answer 5

Females

Question 6

what age group have the highest mental health conditions?

Answer 6

15-34

decreases with age.

Question 7

Which demographic is most affected by anxiety?

Answer 7

young women,

aged 15-24

Question 8

Which demographic is most affected by anxiety?

Answer 8

spikes with women 15-24

Spikes across the board in age groups 55-64

Question 9

what are the most vulnrable populations in regards to mental health?

Answer 9

indigenous
LGBTQI
Homeless
young men
ppl with alcohol and drug problems
people in justice system
ppl living with chronic physical illness

Question 10

What are some key components of DSM?

Answer 10

widely used

evidence based

Question 11

What is controlled by the frontal lobe?

Answer 11

reasoning
motor skills
higher level cognition
expressive language

Question 12

What can happen with damage to frontal lobe?

Answer 12

changes in: 
sexual habits
socialisation
attention
risk taking behaviour

Question 13

What is controlled by the parietal lobe?

Answer 13

processing tactile information such as pressure and touch`

Somatosensory cortex located in lobe

Question 14

What can happen with damage to the parietal lobe?

Answer 14

problems with:
verbal memory
ability to control eye gaze
language

Question 15

What is controlled by the temporal lobe?

Answer 15

important for interpreting sounds and language and formation of memories

Primary auditory cortex and hippocampus located in lobe

Question 16

What can happen with damage to the temporal lobe?

Answer 16

problems with:
memory
speech perception
language skills

Question 17

What is controlled by the occipital lobe?

Answer 17

interpreting visual stimuli

Primary visual cortex located in lobe

Question 18

What can happen with damage to the occipital lobe?

Answer 18

can cause visual problems such as:

• difficulty recognising objects
• inability to identify colours
• trouble recognising words

Question 19

what is the limbic system?

Answer 19

known as the emotional brain

Question 20

What is the primary role of the limbic system?

Answer 20

plays primary role in a range of emotions including pain, pleasure, docility, affection and anger

controls most of the involuntary aspects related to survival

Question 21

What brain system plays a major role in controlling patterns of behaviour?

Answer 21

limbic system

Question 22

what glands produce our hormones?

Answer 22

hypothalamus
pituitary gland
thyroid gland
adrenal glad
ovaries
gonads
pancreas
parathyroid

Question 23

Any disturbance in normal levels of _______? Can cause chaos in the mind?

Answer 23

Hormones

Question 24

What are the main psychodynamic theories?

Answer 24

Freud

thought to be unconscious conflict in the person

Question 25

What is the main behaviourist theory?

Answer 25

Skinner

objects or events in the environment control behaviour through learning.

ie modelling/conditining

Question 26

what is a key evolutionary theory?

Answer 26

Darwin

Question 27

what is a key cognitive theory?

Answer 27

Descartes

focus on the way people perceive, process, transform, retrieve and respond to information.

Problems occur when there are cognitive disorders or maladaptive thought processes

Question 28

what is a key humanistic theory????

Answer 28

Rogers

results from a lack of insight into motivation and needs, focuses on individual uniqueness

Question 29

what does cognitive theory recognise the importance of?

Answer 29

the subjective experience. it posits that irrational beliefs and thoughts about oneself, the world and one’s future can lead to psychopathology.

Question 30

what are social factors affecting mental health?

Answer 30

interpersonal bahaviour
gender and gender roles
politics and government
race and culture
socio-economic status
social cognition
residential location