module overview Flashcards
how many will experience a mental health problem each year in UK?
1 in 4
how many will report experiencing a common health problem?
1 in 6
? in 100: mixed anxiety and depression?
8 in 100
? in 100: GAD?
6 in 100
? in 100: PTSD?
4 in 100
? in 100: Depression?
3 in 100
? in 100: Phobias?
2 in 100
? in 100: OCD?
1 in 100
how many adults with a common mental health problem are currently getting a form of treatment?
1 in 3
what is the most common treatment offered to people?
psychiatric medication
mental health is m___ o___ and s___ f___?
- medically oriented
- scientifically founded
clinical psychology is a___ and p___ and is less s___/s___?
- assessment and psychotherapy
- science/subjective
what is a mental health disorder?
a mental disorder is a syndrome characterized by clinically significant disturbance in an individual’s cognition, emotion regulation, or behaviour that reflects a dysfunction in the psychological, biological, or developmental processes underlying mental functioning
is socially deviant behaviour a mental health disorder?
NO
what does abnormal/atypical behaviour look like?
- statistically infrequent (rare)
- negative bias to society/personally
- socially deviant
- unexpected and inappropriate
- leads to personal distress and harmful dysfunction
