Unit 2 - Psychological Disorders

Question 1

Mental Health

Answer 1

A state of emotional and social wellbeing in which individuals can realise their own abilities, cope with the normal stresses of life, work productively and contribute to their community – exists on a continuum

Question 2

Mental Illness

Answer 2

A mental illness is one that affects one or more functions of the mind.

Question 3

Types of Mental Illnesses

Answer 3

Psychotic and Neurotic

Question 4

Psychotic Illnesses

Answer 4

Refers to situations where someone loses contact with reality (i.e. schizophrenia, episodes, hallucinations)

Question 5

Neurotic Illnesses

Answer 5

Where people struggle with feelings, thoughts and emotions but their sense of reality remains (i.e. depression, anxiety, personality disorders)

Question 6

2 Diagnosis Tools

Answer 6

DSM-5 and ICD-10

Question 7

DSM-5

Answer 7

Made by APA - identifies disorder but not cause or treatment

Question 8

ICD-10

Answer 8

Made by WHO - includes physical and wide range of other illnesses - identifies disorder but not cause or treatment

Question 9

Psychological Disorders

Answer 9

A dysfunction which affects the everyday functioning of a person and impairs their mood, behaviour or cognition.

Question 10

Types of Disorders

Answer 10

Mood, Personality, Psychotic, Anxiety

Question 11

Mood Disorders

Answer 11

Involves persistent feelings of sadness, feeling overly happy or fluctuations between the extremes

Question 12

Personality Disorders

Answer 12

An individual shows consistent, rigid, unhealthy patterns of thinking and functioning

Question 13

Psychotic Disorders

Answer 13

Abnormal thinking and behaviour - individuals are unable to distinguish imaginary and reality

Question 14

Anxiety Disorders

Answer 14

Too much or too little anxiety can be harmful - frequency and intensity of anxiety is disproportionate to the situation and interferes with normal behaviour