Class 1: Introduction to Psychiatric Disease

Question 1

Definition of Neuroscience

Answer 1

A multidisciplinary science devoted to the understanding of the biological basis of behaviour.

Question 2

Definition of Mental Illness

Answer 2

the reduced ability for a person to function effectively over a prolonged period of time

Question 3

4 Signs of Mental Illness

Answer 3

1. Significant levels of distress
2. Changes in thinking, mood or behaviour
3. Feelings of isolation, loneliness and sadness
4. The feeling of being disconnected from people and activities.

Question 4

4 Risk Factors for Mental Illness

Answer 4

1. Genetics
2. Early life experiences (trauma/abuse)
3. Stressful life events
4. Environment influences on a fetus (drugs/alcohol)

Question 5

Estimated number of CANADIANS who will experience mental illness in their lifetime

Answer 5

1 in 3 CANADIANS

in a 5 year span 1 in 7 Canadians used health services for mental illness

Question 6

Definition of Medical Model (in terms of viewing mental illness)

Answer 6

Viewing mental illness as coming from an underlying physiological, biological, or genetic cause

Question 7

Definition of Biopsychosocial Model (in terms of viewing mental illness)

Answer 7

Attributes mental illness to the complex interaction of biological factors (genetic, chemical, structural), psychological factors (mood, personality, stress, trauma, etc.), & social factors

Question 8

What does the DSM in the DSM-5 stand for?

Answer 8

The Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)

Question 9

How is the DSM organized?

Answer 9

General organized based on when in life one would be diagnosed: developmental disorders first and dementia-related at the end

Question 10

At approximately what age do neuropsychiatric disorders usually emerge?

Answer 10

Approximately 14 years old