Concepts of psychiatry Flashcards
1
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What is stigma?
A
- dynamic process
- devaluation
- discrediting individual in eyes of others’):
Discrimination
Ignorance
Prejudice
2
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What is discrimination?
A
- having +ve/-ve actions towards someone
3
Q
What is ignorance?
A
- Having slanted views on X people
4
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What is prejudice?
A
- having +ve/-ve attitude towards someone
5
Q
What is mental illness?
A
- behaviour abnormality
- related to abnormal/distressing experience
6
Q
What are the 2 types of mental illness?
A
Functional
Organic
7
Q
What is functional mental illness?
A
- no real explanation
- anxiety
8
Q
What is organic mental illness?
A
- physiological explanation
- e.g. multi-infarct dementia
9
Q
What does organic mental health lead to?
A
- Psychosis
10
Q
What does functional mental health lead to?
A
- Neurosis
11
Q
What is psychosis?
A
- can’t distinguish between reality and fantasy
- insight impaired
- hallucinations
12
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What is neurosis?
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- can distinguish between reality and fantasy
- intact insight
- low mood
- obsessions
- anxiety
13
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What is felt stigma?
A
- you feel that people are discriminating against you
- because of your illness
- you feel social rejection
- you might not acc be discriminated against
14
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What is enacted stigma?
A
- you are actually being discriminated against
- because of your illness
- social rejection
15
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What are the advantages of classifying mental illness?
A
- Frames problem, therefore can aid diagnosis.
- Prognosis
- Guides treatment (e.g. CBT, REBT)
- Aids communication (e.g. in court, helps explain to patient or family) and encourages concordance.
- Research purposes
- Demystify mental illness/challenge stereotypes by normalising in comparison to other health problems.
