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32 Cards in this Set
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What is a Mood Disorder?
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Disorders that include:
Major depressive disorder Dysthymic disorder Bipolar disorder |
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Major Depressive Disorder
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Leading cause of disability 15-44 yr
More prevalent in women 14.8 mill 6.7 % |
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Anxiety
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40 mill
18.1% |
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Mood Disorder
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20.9 %
9.5% |
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Panic
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6 mill
2.7 % |
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Bipolar
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5.7 mill
2.6 % |
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Dysthymic
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3.3 mill
1.5 % |
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Schizophrenia
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2.4 mill
1.1 % |
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Suicide
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White men over 85 yr higher rate
11/100,000 |
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National & Global Burden
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Mental disorders rank top 10 illness causing disability
Depression is leading cause among 15yr and up World's mental health care needs are largely unmet |
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What is normal?
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Normal is based on who is defining it & the situation/environment/circumstance
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How do you test for mental disorders?
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No simple test for mental illness
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What is a mental disorder?
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Abnormal behaviors, feelings, thoughts, and functional impairments
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What are the basis for mental disorder?
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Cultural and ethnic norms
Length and/or severity of symptoms |
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Public attitudes about Mental Health
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People with mental health:
can't make day to day decisions are dangerous are evil are easy to identify |
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How do some cultures view mental health disorders?
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Hearing voices:
normal for some cultures Mad people: have a place of honor and have been touched by a GREAT SPIRIT |
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What are some Health Facilities
(5) |
Outpatient
Day treatment Psychiatric Ward Psychiatric Hospital Community/residental |
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What are some optimal services that mental health facilities can provide?
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Individual appointments
Crisis stabilization (acute setting) Chemical detox Dual diagnosis Group therapy Family therapy Med follow ups and evaluations Relapse prevention (RPh) |
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Healthy People 2020
Mental Health Objectives "reduce" |
Reduce:
suicide rate suicide attempts by adolescents major depressive eating disorders |
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Healthy People 2020
Mental Health Objectives "Increase" |
Increase:
depression screening treatment for chemical dependencies (& mental health) mental health treatment for homeless employment for people with SMI |
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Healthy People 2020
Mental Health Objectives "facilites" |
Increase:
primary care facilities that provide mental health number of juvenile residential facilities that do screenings prior to admittance number of children with MH problems who get treatment |
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What are the Sectors of Mental Health?
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General med (primary care)
Human services (social workers) Volunteer support (self help) Specialty (psychiatrists, etc.) |
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Where can these Sectors be located?
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Home
community institutional acute care long term care |
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Factors that may influence use of mental health facilities
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Accessibility
Finances Health beliefs (misdiagnosis) Parental influences Socio-cultural |
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Socio-culture factors that may influence use of mental health facilities
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Racism/discrimination
Breaches of confidentiality Fear of stigmatization Some cultures don't like group therapy religious/spiritual beliefs |
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How to meet community AND individual needs for mental health
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Increase public awareness
Teach (schools and family members) early on Discuss inaccurate portrayals Review employment opportunities Equitable treatment by health care: insurance, programs, providers |
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How to meet community AND individual needs for mental health
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Provide more educational resources for professionals
Improve support & intervention treatment services Support research toward understanding origins Improve mental health curricula in health schools Support legislation Develop strong advocacy policy and programs |
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Barriers to Seeking help
only 50% with serious mental health illness seek treatment |
Cultural/Ethnic differences
Mistrust Stigma of mental health Lack of: insight into their own disease access to services insurance treatment effectiveness seamless communication between primary and mental health providers |
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What are the Costs of mental illness?
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Exceedingly high
Costs society billions a year Significant impairment to function at work |
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Who pays for mental disorders
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Private insurances
Medicaid, Medicare, SSI Mental health care for Veterans Community mental health centers Pastoral counseling (church) |
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Mental Health Global Policies
What do countries have? |
Dedicated mental health policy mentioned in general health policy
Dedicated mental health policy not mentioned in general health policy No separate dedicated mental health policy, but mental health is part of general health policy No mental health policy |
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Pharmacists role in mental health care
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Better training for those Rph that don't specialize in psychiatric
Provide accurate information on illness and treatment (expectations) Familiarize with patient assistance programs for psych meds Counseling and monitoring of therapy to improve adherence |