Psych Ch 1

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Biologicall Based Mental Illneses aka pychobiological diorder

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mental disorder caused by neurotransmitter dyfunction, abnormal brain structure, inherited genetic factors, or other biological causes

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Clinical Epidemiology

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*studies of the natural history of an illness
*studies of diagnostic screening tests
*observational and experimental studies of intervention used to treat people with the illness or symptoms

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Diagnotic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR)

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categorizes mental disorders, focuses on research and clinical observation when constructing diagnostic categories for a discrete mental disorder

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Epidemiology

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Quantitative study of the distribution of mental disorders in human populations- used to identify high-risk groups and high-risk factors

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Mental Disorders

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medical diseases that can be identified along a mental health continuum

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Mental Health

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successful performance of mental functions, reulting in the ability to engage in productive activities, enjoy fulfilling relationships, and change or cope with adversity- it provides people with rational thinking, communcation skills, learning, emotional growth, resilience, and self-esteem

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Mental Illness

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clinically significant behavioral or psychological yndrome experienced by a peron and marked my distress, disability, or the risk of suffering disability or loss of freedom

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Myths and Misconceptions (regarding mental illness)

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1. the mentally ill are different and odd
2. to be healthy, a person must be logical and rational

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prevalence rate

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proportion of a population with a mental disorder at a given time

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pychiatry' defination of normal (mental health)

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the absence of psychopathology

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psychobilogical disorder

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another name ofr bilogically baed mental illneses

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1st level of investigation
Epidemiology

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Descriptive

Studies that produce "basic estimates of the rates of disorder" in a general population and its subgroups

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2nd level of investigation
Epidemiology

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Analytic

Studies that "explore the rates of variation in illness among different groups," to identify risk factors that may contribute to development of a disorder

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3rd level of investigation
Epidemiology

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Experimental

studies that "test the presumed assumption between a risk factor and a disorder and seek to reduce the occurence of the illness by controlling risk factors

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DSM-IV-TR
AXIS I

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Collection of signs and symptoms that together constitute a particular disorder

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AXIS II

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personality disorders and mental retardation

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Together AXIS I and AXIS II

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Constitute the classification of abnormal behavior but seperated due to long and short time disorders

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AXIS III

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Any general medical conditions believed to be relevant to the mental disorder

Ex neuro, DM

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AXIS IV

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Reporting pychosocial and environmental problems that may affect the DX, TX, and PX (prognosis) of the mental disorder

ex occupation, educational, economic, interpersonal difficulties with family

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AXIS V

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CAlled Global Assessment of functioning (GAF)- indication of the person's best level of psychological, social, occupational functioning during the preceding year

Rated 1-100

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Running amok

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Southeast Asia
someone usually male runs around engaging in furious almot indiscriminate violent behavoir

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Pibloktoq

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uncontrollable desire to tear off one's clothing and expose oneself to severe winter weather (Greenland, Alaska, Artic, Cananda)

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Anorexia nervosa

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voluntary starvation

Europe, N. America, Australia but unheard of in many other parts of the world