Mental Exam 1 UNRS 310
Mental health (what is it?) - correct answer ✔A state of well-being
Able to realize his/her own potential
Cope with normal stress
Work productively
Make contribution to the community
Mental health provides people with the capacity for rational thinking,
communication skills, learning, emotional growth, resilience, and self-esteem
Attributes of mental health - correct answer ✔Rational thinking
Effective coping
Resiliency
Self-control
Self-awareness
Developmentally on task
Spiritual satisfaction
Happiness and joy
Self-care
Positive self-concept
Learning and productivity
,Effective communication
Meaningful relationships
Healthy self-esteem
Mental illness - correct answer ✔Refers to all mental disorders that have a
definable diagnoses.
These disorders are manifested in significant dysfunctions that may be related
to developmental, biological, or psychological disturbances in mental
functioning.
*Thinking* may be impaired, *mood* may be affected, and *behavioral*
alterations may be apparent or the patient may display some combination of
all three.
Diathesis-Stress Model - correct answer ✔It is a theory
*It is the most accepted explanation for mental illness*
Diathesis--biological predisposition
Stress--environmental stress or trauma
Combination of genetic vulnerability and negative environmental stressors
--> One person may develop major depression as a result of an inherited and
biological vulnerability that alters brain chemistry.
--> Another person with little vulnerability may develop depression as a result
of a stressful environment that causes changes in brain chemistry.
,Assertion: Most psychiatric disorders result from a combination of genetic
vulnerability and negative environmental stressors
Distress vs. eustress - correct answer ✔Distress - a negative, draining
energy that results in anxiety, depression, confusion, helplessness,
hopelessness, and fatigue.
Eustress - a positive, beneficial energy that motivates and results in feelings
of happiness, hopefulness, and purposeful movement.
--> Having a baby, happy time but very draining
Fight or flight or freeze response - correct answer ✔*Walter Cannon (1871-
1945)* - investigated the sympathetic nervous system as a pathway of the
response to stress known as fight (aggression) or flight (withdrawal).
- Body prepares for situation that individual perceives as threat to survival
-*New research also supports a freeze response which is common upon
sexual assault victims
*General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)*- Three stages
*General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)* - correct answer ✔*General
Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)*- Three stages
--> Alarm or acute stress stage -
- Begins with the eyes or ears sending info. If the amygdala interprets it as
dangerous, it sounds the alarm to the hypothalamus which responds in two
ways
, - fight or flight response
--> Resistance or adaptation stage
- usually stressors are successfully overcome.
--> Exhaustion stage - attempts to resist the stressor are futile, resources are
depleted, stress may become chronic.
DSM-5 - correct answer ✔*Two major classification systems used in the US:
The DSM -5 and the ICD-10-CM*
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition.
--> Identifies disorders based on specific criteria (157 disorders).
--> Categorizing and diagnosing mental illness in the U.S.
Official medical guidelines of the American Psychiatric Association for
diagnosing psychiatric disorders
ICD-10-CM - correct answer ✔*Two major classification systems used in the
US: The DSM -5 and the ICD-10-CM*
The international standard of disease classification is the International
Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10).
is a system used by physicians and other healthcare providers to classify and
*code* all diagnoses, symptoms and procedures recorded in conjunction with
hospital care in the United States.
Mental health (what is it?) - correct answer ✔A state of well-being
Able to realize his/her own potential
Cope with normal stress
Work productively
Make contribution to the community
Mental health provides people with the capacity for rational thinking,
communication skills, learning, emotional growth, resilience, and self-esteem
Attributes of mental health - correct answer ✔Rational thinking
Effective coping
Resiliency
Self-control
Self-awareness
Developmentally on task
Spiritual satisfaction
Happiness and joy
Self-care
Positive self-concept
Learning and productivity
,Effective communication
Meaningful relationships
Healthy self-esteem
Mental illness - correct answer ✔Refers to all mental disorders that have a
definable diagnoses.
These disorders are manifested in significant dysfunctions that may be related
to developmental, biological, or psychological disturbances in mental
functioning.
*Thinking* may be impaired, *mood* may be affected, and *behavioral*
alterations may be apparent or the patient may display some combination of
all three.
Diathesis-Stress Model - correct answer ✔It is a theory
*It is the most accepted explanation for mental illness*
Diathesis--biological predisposition
Stress--environmental stress or trauma
Combination of genetic vulnerability and negative environmental stressors
--> One person may develop major depression as a result of an inherited and
biological vulnerability that alters brain chemistry.
--> Another person with little vulnerability may develop depression as a result
of a stressful environment that causes changes in brain chemistry.
,Assertion: Most psychiatric disorders result from a combination of genetic
vulnerability and negative environmental stressors
Distress vs. eustress - correct answer ✔Distress - a negative, draining
energy that results in anxiety, depression, confusion, helplessness,
hopelessness, and fatigue.
Eustress - a positive, beneficial energy that motivates and results in feelings
of happiness, hopefulness, and purposeful movement.
--> Having a baby, happy time but very draining
Fight or flight or freeze response - correct answer ✔*Walter Cannon (1871-
1945)* - investigated the sympathetic nervous system as a pathway of the
response to stress known as fight (aggression) or flight (withdrawal).
- Body prepares for situation that individual perceives as threat to survival
-*New research also supports a freeze response which is common upon
sexual assault victims
*General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)*- Three stages
*General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)* - correct answer ✔*General
Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)*- Three stages
--> Alarm or acute stress stage -
- Begins with the eyes or ears sending info. If the amygdala interprets it as
dangerous, it sounds the alarm to the hypothalamus which responds in two
ways
, - fight or flight response
--> Resistance or adaptation stage
- usually stressors are successfully overcome.
--> Exhaustion stage - attempts to resist the stressor are futile, resources are
depleted, stress may become chronic.
DSM-5 - correct answer ✔*Two major classification systems used in the US:
The DSM -5 and the ICD-10-CM*
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition.
--> Identifies disorders based on specific criteria (157 disorders).
--> Categorizing and diagnosing mental illness in the U.S.
Official medical guidelines of the American Psychiatric Association for
diagnosing psychiatric disorders
ICD-10-CM - correct answer ✔*Two major classification systems used in the
US: The DSM -5 and the ICD-10-CM*
The international standard of disease classification is the International
Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10).
is a system used by physicians and other healthcare providers to classify and
*code* all diagnoses, symptoms and procedures recorded in conjunction with
hospital care in the United States.
