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How are mental health issues classified?
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by their presentation and prevalence in society
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What is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders?
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a handbook that lists different categories of mental disorder and the criteria for diagnosing them
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Axis I disorders:
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clinical disorders, including major mental disorders, as well as developmental and learning disorders
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Common Axis I disorders:
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depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, ADHD, schizophrenia
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Axis II disorders:
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underlying pervasive or personality conditions, as well as mental retardation
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Common Axis II disorders
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personality disorders (e.g. antisocial, and narcissistic), boderline personality disorder with mild developmental delay
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Define Psychiatry
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mental illness (e.g schizophrenia, bipolar disorder)- usually treated by a psychiatrist
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Define Psychology
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neurosis/behavioural (e.g. obsessive compulsive disorder, anorexia nervosa) and personality issues
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Define neurology
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the study of the brain and nervous system (e.g. brain tumours, degenerative nerve disease)
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What is schedule 2
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it authorizes the police service to take a person, against their will if necessary, to a psychiatric hospital for assessment.
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Define Hallucination
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A false perception of something that is not really there. May be visual, auditory, tactile, gustatory, or olfactory (may be provoked by mental illness).
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Define illusion
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False perception due to misinterpretation of the stimuli arising from an objet. (e.g. misinterpret a curtain cord as a snake)
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Define delusion
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A belief that is held with unshakable conviction- is usually wrong. Pathology lies in the irrational way in which the person comes to the belief
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Depersonalization
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State in which a person feels themselves becoming unreal or strangely altered, or feels that his mind is.
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T/F most of our communication is non-verbal
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True
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What are some things to look out for in regards to patients form of speech
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speed and fluency
repetition incessant (loquacious) talkers erratic speech cohesive- can they keep on track |
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What are some things to look out for in regards to patients content of speech
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main preoccupation
any evidence of phobia or obsession/compulsion any delusional thoughts |
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What are some things to look out for in regards to patients mood
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how does the patient seem?
note variations in mood indifference or detachment? is their mood appropriate to their current situation |
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What are some things to look out for in regards to patients intellect
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assessment of history of education and achievement.
Level of consciousness Memory Orientation |
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What are some things to look out for in regards to patients insight?
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Does the patient have an understanding of their problems
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