Chapter 2 (E1)

Question 1

Individuals ability to perform the normal activities of life to meet basic needs and well being is called?

Answer 1

Functional ability

Question 2

What are medical conditions that affect a persons thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others, and daily functioning?

Answer 2

Mental illnesses

Question 3

This term is multifaceted and involves our emotional, psychological, and social well being. Can be affected by a variety of influences: genetics, brain chemistry, and life experiences.

Answer 3

Mental Health

Question 4

Is mental illness treatable?

Answer 4

Yes

Question 5

What is the current official guidebook for categorizing and diagnosing psychiatric mental health disorders in the U.S?

Answer 5

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th edition) DSM-5

Question 6

Axis system:
Lists the psychiatric diagnosis or diagnoses

Answer 6

Axis I

Question 7

Axis system:
Lists personality disorders and mental retardation

Answer 7

Axis II

Question 8

Axis system:
Lists any other medical conditions

Answer 8

Axis III

Question 9

Axis system:
Lists types of stressors

Answer 9

Axis IV

Question 10

Axis system:
Contains the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF)

Answer 10

Axis V

Question 11

What is the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF)?

Answer 11

A scale of 1 to 100 and it indicates the patients level of functioning. The higher the score the higher the level of functioning

Question 12

What is the ability to recover from or adjust successfully to trauma or change?

Answer 12

Resiliency

Question 13

What studies the distribution (number of cases) of disorders in a human population?

Answer 13

Epidemiology

Question 14

What is the proportion of a population with a mental disorder at a given time?

Answer 14

Prevalence rate

Question 15

What is the act that required insurers to offer mental health benefits at the same level provided for medical coverage?

Answer 15

Mental Health Parity Act (1996)

Question 16

A negative stereotype that leads to an attitude or belief that would cause one to view a person with mental illness as inferior, dangerous, or unstable resulting in a major barrier for treatment and recovery

Answer 16

Stigma

Question 17

What are not considered mental disorders according to DSM-5?

Answer 17

Deviant behavior:
Political, religious, sexual

Question 18

DSM-5 avoids the use of expressions such as “a schizophrenic”
What do they use instead?

Answer 18

“An individual with schizophrenia”

Question 19

How many diagnoses does the new DSM-5 have?

Answer 19

Almost 300

Question 20

What assesses the clients cultural perception of distress, social supports, and relationship factors between patient and provider?

Answer 20

Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI)

Question 21

A belief in higher power, connection to the universe or universe energy, feeling “one” with nature, calling ancestors for wisdom is called?

Answer 21

Spirituality

Question 22

In Hispanic cultures mal de ojo or the “evil eye” means what?

Answer 22

A look that inflicts injury, illness, or bad luck

Question 23

A type of culture bound syndrome:
Southeast Asia, running amok
What is that?

Answer 23

Someone (usually a male) runs around engaging in violent behavior

Question 24

A type of culture bound syndrome:
Greenland Alaska or Artic regions of Canada, Pibloktoq
What does it mean?

Answer 24

Uncontrollable desire to tear off one’s clothing and expose oneself to severe cold weather

Question 25

Latino cultures, “ataque de nervios” means what?

Answer 25

Attack of the nerves

Question 26

Latino cultures, “sustos” means what?

Answer 26

Fright

Question 27

Mandarin Chinese culture, “shenjing shuairuo” means what?

Answer 27

Weakness of the nervous system