Mental Illness I Flashcards
Describe vulnerability factors? What are the opposite of them?
VF- increase peoples susceptibility to stressful events, include lack of support network, poor coping skills, anxiety, and pessimism.
The opposite is Protective factors and are literally the opposite of the above factors
What are the 3 C’s of Hardiness?
Commitment, Control and Challenge
How does social support play a role in stress management
May be associated with better activity within the amygdala, Anterior cingulate cortex, and HPA - high social support = low cortisol release
How any people have a mental illness?
1:5 (20%)
What is Trepanning?
Cutting a hole into the skull to let spirits out
What was the name of the place where people with mental illness where sent in the 16-18th centuries?
Work house called a popper
What were 4 key events in the modern approach to mental illness?
Dorothea Dix (championed ethical treatment), Medical model (mental illness as biological), deinstitutionalization, Chlorpromazine (1st drug mass marketed for schizo)
Describe the vulnerability stress model
Combination of nature and nurture.
- Genes load the gun but the environment (stressors) pull the trigger
- No stress = less likely to develop schizophrenia
What is Mental Illness?
Impaired functioning where you cannot do what you need to in life. MUST BE CAUSED INTERNALLY
What are the 3 D’s of Mental Illness?
Distress (to you or people around you), Disturbance (to emotion, behaviour or thought), Deviance (from a social norm).
-Cannot be caused by drugs, has to be internal
What is the DSM 5?
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual #5
- Is multimodal
- Based on statistical norms
The DSM use to be a specific type of system but is not longer, what did it use to be, why was it bad, what is it now?
Use to be Categorical, it was bad because it allowed no cross over between illnesses, now it is a Dimensional system that allows for variance between symptoms which can be shared across categories/illnesses
What are the criticisms of the DSM 5?
- Too much on biological factors and not enough on observable behaviours
- Want to get it even more reliable and valid
- Some cultural bias still exists
Neurodevelopment disorders typically occur at what age?
Early in life before children enter school
What are 3 types of neurodevelopment disorders?
Language disorder(difficulty acquiring, using and expressing language), Autism spectrum disorder(deficit in social interactions), ADHD(boys 4x>girls; 7-10% all kids)
