Adult psych

Question 1

What is psychiatry?

Answer 1

“The branch of medicine which is concerned with the understanding, ax, dx, and tx of disorders of the mind (Irish College of Psychiatrists)

Question 2

Who developed the biopsychosocial model?

Answer 2

Dr. Engel and Dr. Romano

Question 3

Three aspects of biopsychosocial model

Answer 3

1. Biological factors
2. Psychological factors
3. Social factors

Question 4

Definition of mental health

Answer 4

state of well-being in which an individual realises their own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and is able to make a contribution to their own community

Question 5

Mental , behavioural and neurodevelopmental disorders definition

Answer 5

According to the WHO: syndromes characterised by clinically significant disturbance in an individual’s cognition, emotional regulation, or developmental processes that underly mental and behavioural functioning

Question 6

Mental illness definition

Answer 6

state of mind that impacts emotions, thoughts, perceptions, judgement and behaviors, causing significant psychological, social or occupational impairment.
Diagnosis is syndromic: based on clinically recognisable set of symptoms rather than biological markers