Week 1 - Introduction to Mental Health

Question 1

Biomedical Model has two types of behaviour:

Answer 1

Normal Behaviour - equilibrium within the body

Abnormal Behaviour - pathology in bodily or brain function

Question 2

List 5 assessment methods for the biomedical model:

Answer 2

1. DSM and ICD-10
2. Urine sample
3. Blood sample
4. Saliva sample
5. Positron Emission Tomography

Question 3

Psychotropic Agents are:

Answer 3

Anti psychotic medications
Anti depressants
Mood stabilisers
Anxiolytic medications

Question 4

Behavioural Model

Answer 4

One’s environment shapes their behaviour

Mental disorders can be unlearnt

Question 5

Cognitive Therapy

Answer 5

allows for exploration of thought patterns and considers more appropriate and adaptive thoughts that fit the evidence

Question 6

Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic Model

Answer 6

Mind is comprised of 3 Intrapsychic forces:

* ID, EGO, SUPEREGO

Question 7

Dopamine

Answer 7

Physical Arousal

Question 8

Noradrenaline

Answer 8

Attention

Question 9

Adrenaline

Answer 9

Fight or Flight

Question 10

Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)

Answer 10

Calming

Question 11

Endorphins

Answer 11

Pleasure

Question 12

Acetycholine

Answer 12

Relaxation

Question 13

Serotonin

Answer 13

Optimism

Question 14

The Biopsychosocial Model

Answer 14

to treat patients, inclusion of the psychosocial dimensions in addition tothe biological aspects is necessary

Question 15

Personal Recovery

Answer 15

To facilitate Personal Recovery,
the CM provides the consumer
ways of rebuilding and strengthening
theirinternal resources

Question 16

Clinical Recovery

Answer 16

To promote Clinical Recovery,
the MHN works in partnership with
the Consumer, their carer/family, and
other care/service providers to establish,
maintain, and enhance external resources
that are fitting to the needs of the Consumer
and their carer/family.

Question 17

Superego

Answer 17

• The internalised moral standards of the society in which one lives
• It can be equated to a conscience

Question 18

Ego

Answer 18

• The cognitive component of personality which attempts to use realistic means (the reality principle) to achieve the desires of ID

Question 19

ID

Answer 19

• A primitive biological force comprising of 2 basic drivers: a sexual and aggressive
• ID operates on the pleasure principle and sees to satisfy life-sustaining needs e.g. food, love and creativity, in addition sexual gratification