Psychopathology EXAM | COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
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Freud's Famous Formula for Basic Mental Health: - (answers)Work and Love
A mental disorder is a syndrome characterized by clinically significant disturbance in an
individual's cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior that reflects a dysfunction in the: -
(answers)Psychological
-Biological
-Developmental processes underlying mental functioning
Mental disorders are usually associated with significant distress or disability in: - (answers)-
Social
-Occupational, or
-Other important activities
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What three characteristics are NOT associated with a mental disorder? - (answers)-An expectable
or culturally approved response to a common stressor or loss, such as the death of a loved one
-Socially deviant behavior (e.g. political, religious, or sexually deviant behaviors)
-Conflicts that are primarily between the individual and society
When COULD a conflict between the individual and society be considered mental disorder? -
(answers)if the deviance or conflict results from a dysfunction in the individual, then the
behavior or conflict may be potentially considered a mental disorder
Culture refers to: - (answers)systems of knowledge, concepts, rules, and practices that are
learned and transmitted across generations
Most individuals and groups are exposed to multiple cultures which they use to fashion their own
identities and make sense of experience - (answers)
,culture include the following that are learned and transmitted across the generations: - (answers)-
Languages
-Systems of knowledge
-Concepts
-Rules and practices
-Religion and spirituality
-Family structures
-Life-cycle stages
-Ceremonial rituals and customs
-Moral and legal systems
DEFINE RACE: - (answers)A culturally constructed category of identity that divides humanity
into groups based on a variety of superficial physical traits attributed to some hypothetical
intrinsic, biological characteristics
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DEFINE ETHNICITY: - (answers)A culturally constructed group identity used to define peoples
and communities
Culture, race, and ethnicity are related to: - (answers)economic inequities, racism, and
discrimination that result in health disparities
Cultural, racial, and ethnic identities can be sources: - (answers)of strength and group support
that enhance resilience, but
Although sources of strength, cultural, racial, and ethnic identities can lead to -
(answers)psychological, interpersonal, and intergenerational conflict or difficulties in adaptation
that require diagnostic assessment
,Cultural syndrome is - (answers)A cluster of group of co-occurring symptoms found in a specific
cultural group, community, or context
-The syndrome may or may not be recognized as an illness within the culture; that is, it may be
labeled in various ways, but the cultural patterns of distress and features of illness will likely be
able to recognize it an outsider
Give an example of a cultural syndrome and define: - (answers)Ataque de nervios - a syndrome
experienced by some individuals of Latino descent; characterized by symptoms of intense
emotional upset, including acute anxiety, anger, or grief;
Screaming and shouting uncontrollably; attacks of crying, trembling, and a general sense of
being out of control; seizure-like or fainting episodes and suicidal gestures; can be seen as
normative and may be in response to conflict with spouse or children, or as a grief expression
after death of a loved one, especially at the funeral event.
Cultural idiom of distress is - (answers)A linguistic term, phrase, or way of talking about
suffering among individuals of a cultural group
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-Refers to shared concepts of pathology and ways of expressing, communicating, or naming
essential features of distress
Give 6 examples of cultural idiom of distress: - (answers)-Kufungisisa (or "thinking too much"
in Shona)
-Susto (Fright)
-Maladi moon (literally, humanly caused illness, also referred to as "sent sickness")
-Phili Pob
-Pibloktoq (arctic hysteria)
-ataque de nervios
Describe Kufungisisa: - (answers)-is an idiom of distress among the Shona in Zimbabwe
, -thinking too much considered to cause anxiety, depression, and somatic problems, and
ruminating on upsetting thoughts and worries
-In Nigeria, this syndrome is called brain fag, and often attributed to too much study, affecting
university students during stressful periods, such as during final examinations
Describe Susto: - (answers)-is a cultural explanation for distress and misfortune prevalent among
some Latinos in the US and among some people in Mexico
-not recognized as an illness among Latinos from the Caribbean
-Susto is an illness attributed to a frightening event that causes the soul to leave the body and
results in unhappiness and sickness, and in extreme cases can result in death
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Describe Maladi moun - (answers)-A cultural explanation in Haitian communities for diverse
medical and psychiatric disorders 的”中文文章
-Interpersonal envy and malice is thought to cause people to harm their enemies by sending
illnesses, such as
----Psychosis
----Depression
----Social or academic failure
-----Inability to perform activities of daily living
-One person's gain is thought to produce another person's loss, so that a person who is attractive,
successful, intelligent, or wealthy (or even makes an enviable purchase) is perceived to be
especially vulnerable to an attack, and even young children are at risk.
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Freud's Famous Formula for Basic Mental Health: - (answers)Work and Love
A mental disorder is a syndrome characterized by clinically significant disturbance in an
individual's cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior that reflects a dysfunction in the: -
(answers)Psychological
-Biological
-Developmental processes underlying mental functioning
Mental disorders are usually associated with significant distress or disability in: - (answers)-
Social
-Occupational, or
-Other important activities
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的”中文文章
What three characteristics are NOT associated with a mental disorder? - (answers)-An expectable
or culturally approved response to a common stressor or loss, such as the death of a loved one
-Socially deviant behavior (e.g. political, religious, or sexually deviant behaviors)
-Conflicts that are primarily between the individual and society
When COULD a conflict between the individual and society be considered mental disorder? -
(answers)if the deviance or conflict results from a dysfunction in the individual, then the
behavior or conflict may be potentially considered a mental disorder
Culture refers to: - (answers)systems of knowledge, concepts, rules, and practices that are
learned and transmitted across generations
Most individuals and groups are exposed to multiple cultures which they use to fashion their own
identities and make sense of experience - (answers)
,culture include the following that are learned and transmitted across the generations: - (answers)-
Languages
-Systems of knowledge
-Concepts
-Rules and practices
-Religion and spirituality
-Family structures
-Life-cycle stages
-Ceremonial rituals and customs
-Moral and legal systems
DEFINE RACE: - (answers)A culturally constructed category of identity that divides humanity
into groups based on a variety of superficial physical traits attributed to some hypothetical
intrinsic, biological characteristics
你是想要一篇“眼睛容易阅读
的”中文文章
DEFINE ETHNICITY: - (answers)A culturally constructed group identity used to define peoples
and communities
Culture, race, and ethnicity are related to: - (answers)economic inequities, racism, and
discrimination that result in health disparities
Cultural, racial, and ethnic identities can be sources: - (answers)of strength and group support
that enhance resilience, but
Although sources of strength, cultural, racial, and ethnic identities can lead to -
(answers)psychological, interpersonal, and intergenerational conflict or difficulties in adaptation
that require diagnostic assessment
,Cultural syndrome is - (answers)A cluster of group of co-occurring symptoms found in a specific
cultural group, community, or context
-The syndrome may or may not be recognized as an illness within the culture; that is, it may be
labeled in various ways, but the cultural patterns of distress and features of illness will likely be
able to recognize it an outsider
Give an example of a cultural syndrome and define: - (answers)Ataque de nervios - a syndrome
experienced by some individuals of Latino descent; characterized by symptoms of intense
emotional upset, including acute anxiety, anger, or grief;
Screaming and shouting uncontrollably; attacks of crying, trembling, and a general sense of
being out of control; seizure-like or fainting episodes and suicidal gestures; can be seen as
normative and may be in response to conflict with spouse or children, or as a grief expression
after death of a loved one, especially at the funeral event.
Cultural idiom of distress is - (answers)A linguistic term, phrase, or way of talking about
suffering among individuals of a cultural group
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---BTW, a cultural group could be people who group within a similar ethnicity or religion;
的”中文文章
-Refers to shared concepts of pathology and ways of expressing, communicating, or naming
essential features of distress
Give 6 examples of cultural idiom of distress: - (answers)-Kufungisisa (or "thinking too much"
in Shona)
-Susto (Fright)
-Maladi moon (literally, humanly caused illness, also referred to as "sent sickness")
-Phili Pob
-Pibloktoq (arctic hysteria)
-ataque de nervios
Describe Kufungisisa: - (answers)-is an idiom of distress among the Shona in Zimbabwe
, -thinking too much considered to cause anxiety, depression, and somatic problems, and
ruminating on upsetting thoughts and worries
-In Nigeria, this syndrome is called brain fag, and often attributed to too much study, affecting
university students during stressful periods, such as during final examinations
Describe Susto: - (answers)-is a cultural explanation for distress and misfortune prevalent among
some Latinos in the US and among some people in Mexico
-not recognized as an illness among Latinos from the Caribbean
-Susto is an illness attributed to a frightening event that causes the soul to leave the body and
results in unhappiness and sickness, and in extreme cases can result in death
你是想要一篇“眼睛容易阅读
Describe Maladi moun - (answers)-A cultural explanation in Haitian communities for diverse
medical and psychiatric disorders 的”中文文章
-Interpersonal envy and malice is thought to cause people to harm their enemies by sending
illnesses, such as
----Psychosis
----Depression
----Social or academic failure
-----Inability to perform activities of daily living
-One person's gain is thought to produce another person's loss, so that a person who is attractive,
successful, intelligent, or wealthy (or even makes an enviable purchase) is perceived to be
especially vulnerable to an attack, and even young children are at risk.
