Common Mental Health Disorders Flashcards
(10 cards)
d: phenomenology
the study of lived experience
How common is depression (UK)
16%
How common is depression in students (& range)?
30.6% (10% - 84.5%)
What is the negative triad?
A set of negative views about the self, the world and the future that promote and maintain low mood.
What is attributional style?
Attributional style to make sense of negative life experiences, either internal (“my fault”), global (“affects everything in my life”), and stable (“always going to happen”)
How common is anxiety (UK)?
16%
d: Catastrophic appraisals
People often overestimate threat, and the consequence of threat
d: attentional processes & threat
in particular selective attention towards threat-related information
How common is trauma (UK)?
70% of the population has experienced a potentially traumatic event
How common are trauma-related difficulties?
7%
