part 3 HP 320 - mental health review slides UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is mental illness? • Mental illnesses are conditions that affect a person's thinking, feeling, mood or
behavior such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia.
• Such conditions may be occasional or long-lasting (chronic) and affect
someone's ability to relate to others and function each day.
Ideally healthy humans should have • The ability to love and be loved
• To embrace change and certainty without fear
• To face fear rationally and in the spirit of optimism
• Ability to take risk without worrying about worst case scenario
• A wide range of positive and negative emotional responses
• A rich fantasy world enabling hope and creativity
• Self-knowledge and ability to repair self and others
• Strength to say "I am wrong" and learn from experience
• The ability to work in a group
• Freedom of self-expression • Ability to gratify themselves and other's bodily
desires
• A sense of humor
, Mental illness Whenever a person's abnormal thoughts, feelings or sensory impressions cause
him objective or subjective harm that is more than transitory a mental illness my
said to be present.
• A feature of mental illness is that one cannot always rely on the patient's
judgement
• Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It
affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress,
relate to others, and make healthy choices.
• Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and
adolescence through adulthood.
• Although the terms are often used interchangeably, poor mental health and
mental illness are not the same things.
• A person can experience poor mental health and not be diagnosed with a
mental illness. Likewise, a person diagnosed with a mental illness can experience
periods of physical, mental and social well-being
Mental disorders • There are many different mental disorders, with different presentations.
• They are generally characterized by a combination of abnormal thoughts,
perceptions, emotions, behavior and relationships with others.
• There are effective strategies for preventing mental disorders such as
depression.
• There are effective treatments for mental disorders and ways to alleviate the
suffering caused by them.
• Access to health care and social services capable of providing treatment and
social support is key.
Types of mental illness • Anxiety and stressor related • Mood disorders - depression • Eating disorders •
Obsessive compulsive disorders • Personality disorders • Schizophrenia and
related disorders • Somatic symptom and related disorders • Suicidal behavior
and deliberate self-harm • Substance related disorders • Dementia
How common is mental illness? • More than 50% will be diagnosed with a mental illness or disorder at some point
in their lifetime.
• 1 in 5 Americans will experience a mental illness in a given year.
• 1 in 5 children, either currently or at some point during their life, have had a
seriously debilitating mental illness.
• 1 in 25 Americans lives with a serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia,
bipolar disorder, or major depression
Diagnostic manual of mental disorders DSM • The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) provides
the standard language by which clinicians, researchers, and public health
officials in the United States communicate about mental disorders. The current
edition of the DSM, the fifth revision (DSM-5) • Each is updated and revised
mental illness Causes are complex • Genetic • Biologic (physical factors) • Psychologic •
Environmental (including social and cultural factors)
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is mental illness? • Mental illnesses are conditions that affect a person's thinking, feeling, mood or
behavior such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia.
• Such conditions may be occasional or long-lasting (chronic) and affect
someone's ability to relate to others and function each day.
Ideally healthy humans should have • The ability to love and be loved
• To embrace change and certainty without fear
• To face fear rationally and in the spirit of optimism
• Ability to take risk without worrying about worst case scenario
• A wide range of positive and negative emotional responses
• A rich fantasy world enabling hope and creativity
• Self-knowledge and ability to repair self and others
• Strength to say "I am wrong" and learn from experience
• The ability to work in a group
• Freedom of self-expression • Ability to gratify themselves and other's bodily
desires
• A sense of humor
, Mental illness Whenever a person's abnormal thoughts, feelings or sensory impressions cause
him objective or subjective harm that is more than transitory a mental illness my
said to be present.
• A feature of mental illness is that one cannot always rely on the patient's
judgement
• Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It
affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress,
relate to others, and make healthy choices.
• Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and
adolescence through adulthood.
• Although the terms are often used interchangeably, poor mental health and
mental illness are not the same things.
• A person can experience poor mental health and not be diagnosed with a
mental illness. Likewise, a person diagnosed with a mental illness can experience
periods of physical, mental and social well-being
Mental disorders • There are many different mental disorders, with different presentations.
• They are generally characterized by a combination of abnormal thoughts,
perceptions, emotions, behavior and relationships with others.
• There are effective strategies for preventing mental disorders such as
depression.
• There are effective treatments for mental disorders and ways to alleviate the
suffering caused by them.
• Access to health care and social services capable of providing treatment and
social support is key.
Types of mental illness • Anxiety and stressor related • Mood disorders - depression • Eating disorders •
Obsessive compulsive disorders • Personality disorders • Schizophrenia and
related disorders • Somatic symptom and related disorders • Suicidal behavior
and deliberate self-harm • Substance related disorders • Dementia
How common is mental illness? • More than 50% will be diagnosed with a mental illness or disorder at some point
in their lifetime.
• 1 in 5 Americans will experience a mental illness in a given year.
• 1 in 5 children, either currently or at some point during their life, have had a
seriously debilitating mental illness.
• 1 in 25 Americans lives with a serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia,
bipolar disorder, or major depression
Diagnostic manual of mental disorders DSM • The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) provides
the standard language by which clinicians, researchers, and public health
officials in the United States communicate about mental disorders. The current
edition of the DSM, the fifth revision (DSM-5) • Each is updated and revised
mental illness Causes are complex • Genetic • Biologic (physical factors) • Psychologic •
Environmental (including social and cultural factors)
