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Define mental health

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The capacity of each and all of us to feel, think, and act in ways that enhance our ability to enjoy life and deal with the challenges we face
- positive sense of emotional and spiritual well-being

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True or False:

Mental health is more than the absence of mental illness

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True

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True or False:

An individual with a mental illness can still have mental health

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True

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What are some examples of phenomena that are associated with deteriorating mental health?

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  • growing inability to cope with problems and daily activities
  • withdrawal from society/friends
  • Excessive self-preoccupation
  • Excessive anxiety/fear
  • Prolonged deep depressed mood
  • Extreme high and low moods
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What is the difference between a delusion and a hallucination?

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Delusion = fixed false BELIEF
Hallucination = sensory based incidents that are not reality based
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Define mental health issue

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Any departure from a state of mental or psychological well being (ex: anxiety)

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Define mental illness/disorder

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Clinically recognized condition

- implies significant distress, dysfunction, or a substantial risk of a harmful or adverse outcome

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Define mental illness

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Characterized by alterations in thinking, mood, and behaviour
- associated with significant distress and impaired functioning

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What are 5 protective factors associated with mental well-being (mental health)?

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  1. Individual factors
  2. Family factors
  3. School context
  4. Life events and situations
  5. Community and cultural factors
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What are 5 risk factors associated with mental well-being (mental health)?

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  1. Individual factors
  2. Family/social factors
  3. School context
  4. Life events and situations
  5. Community and cultural factors
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What are three examples of mood disorders?

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  1. Bipolar 1
  2. Bipolar 2
  3. Major depressive disorder
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What are three examples of anxiety disorders?

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  1. Panic disorder
  2. Phobias
  3. Obsessive compulsive disorder
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What are three examples of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders?

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  1. Delusional disorder
  2. Brief psychotic disorder
  3. Psychotic disorders due to substances (cocaine)
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What are five example of somatoform disorders?

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  1. Somatization disorder
  2. Pain disorder
  3. Conversion disorder
  4. Hypochondriasis
  5. Factitious disorder
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What are the three clusters of personality disorders?

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  1. Cluster A - odd eccentric disorders
  2. Cluster B - dramatic emotional disorders
  3. Cluster C - anxious fearful disorders
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What are three examples of Cluster A Personality Disorders (odd eccentric disorders)?

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  1. Schizoid
  2. Schizotypal
  3. Paranoid
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What are three examples of Cluster B Personality Disorders (dramatic emotional disorders)?

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  1. Borderline
  2. Anti-social
  3. Histrionic
  4. Narcissistic
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What are three examples of Cluster C Personality Disorders (anxious fearful disorders)?

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  1. Avoidant
  2. Dependent
  3. Obsessive-compulsive
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What are three examples of neuropsychiatric disorders?

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  1. Delirium
  2. Alzheimer’s type dementia
  3. Other dementias
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What are two other kinds of major mental disorders?

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  1. Eating disorders

2. Substance abuse/dependence disorders

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What is the purpose of the axes system of assessment?

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To provide a comprehensive diagnosis

- includes a complete picture of a person’s mental health

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What are the names of the five axes?

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Axis I: Clinical disorders
Axis II: Personality disorders, mental retardation
Axis III: General medical conditions
Axis IV: Psychosocial and environmental problems
Axis V: Global Assessment of functioning scale

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What is the GAF (Global Assessment of Functioning)?

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Numeric scale ( 1 - 100) used by mental health clinicians and physicians to rate subjectively the:
- social, occupational, and psychological functioning of adults
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What is the meaning behind the psychological, social/interpersonal, and occupational categories when scoring a GAR?

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Psychological = obsessions, panic attacks, etc
Social/interpersonal = maintaining friendships, personal hygiene
Occupational = work attendance, ability to follow directions
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What is stigma?
A negative stereotype
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What does the MSE stand for?
Mental Status Exam(ination)
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What is involved in the MSE?
- Objective observations by the clinician | - Subjective descriptions given by the client
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What is the MSE the psychological equivalent to?
H2T Physical Exam
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What is the purpose of the MSE?
- Provides information for diagnosis - Assessment of a disorder - Response to treatment
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What are the 9 components of the MSE?
1. General appearance 2. Behaviour 3. Speech 4. Mood and affect 5. Sensory/perception 6. Thought form/process 7. Thought Content 8. Sensorium & cognitive processes 9. Insight/judgement
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What do you need to focus on when addressing the "General Appearance" category of the MSE?
- build, posture, dress, grooming - level of alertness - facial expression - attitude towards examiner
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What do you need to focus on when addressing the "Behaviour" category of the MSE?
- eye contact - psychomotor activity - movements (tremor, abnormal movements, gait)
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What do you need to focus on when addressing the "Speech" category of the MSE?
- rate - rhythm (articulation, monotone) - volume - content
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What do you need to focus on when addressing the "Mood" category of the MSE?
The prevalent emotional state that the persons tells you they currently feel - subjective data - "fantastic", "sad", "depressed"
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What do you need to focus on when addressing the "Affect" category of the MSE?
The emotional state that the EXAMINER observes - facial expression and behaviour - looking at the: type, range, congruency, stability
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Define euthymic
Normal mood
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Define dysphoric
Depressed/irritable/angry mood
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Define euphoric
Elevated/elated mood
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Define congruency in regards to mood
Does the mood the examiner sees, match what the client says they're feeling?
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What does it mean if a client has a labile affect?
Excessive displays of emotion
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What are the 5 types of hallucinations?
- auditory - visual - tactile - olfactory - gustatory
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What is a hallucination?
A false sensory perception
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What do you need to focus on when addressing the "Thought form/processes" category of the MSE?
Describing the rate of thoughts, how they flow and how they are connected - normal or abnormal
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What does "Thought content" refer to in the MSE?
Refers to the themes that occupy the person's thoughts and perceptual disturbances - delusions, depressive thoughts, compulsions, phobias, self-harm
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What 5 things do you need to focus on when addressing the "Cognition" category of the MSE?
1. LOC 2. Attention and concentration 3. Memory 4. Abstraction 5. Orientation
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Define insight related to the MSE
Awareness of one's own illness and/or situation
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Define judgement related to the MSE
The ability to anticipate the consequences of one's behaviour and make decisions to safeguard own well-being and that of others
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Define anxiety
A group of conditions that share a key feature of excessive anxiety (predominant disturbance) - result in maladaptive behavioural, emotional, cognitive, and physiological responses
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True or False: | Anxiety can become chronic and can permeate into major portions of a person's life
True
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What are Maslow's 5 Hierarchy of Needs?
1. Physiological 2. Safety 3. Love/belonging 4. Esteem 5. Self-actualization
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When "we treat the whole person", what 4 things do we look at?
1. Biological 2. Psychological 3. Social 4. Spiritual
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What does cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) focus on?
Focuses on the way people think and act
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True or False: | In CBT our thoughts have no impact on our actions
False | - In CBT, our thoughts about a situation affect how we feel and how we behave in that situation
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What is the main idea of CBT?
The meanings we ASSIGN to the situation that affect how we feel and act, NOT the situation itself
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What are 6 anxiety disorders?
1. Generalized anxiety disorder 2. Panic disorder 3. Agoraphobia 4. Phobia 5. Obsessive compulsive disorder 6. Post traumatic stress disorder
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What are coping skills?
Methods that a person uses to DEAL WITH a stressful situation - may help face it, take action, be flexible = conscious strategies
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What are defense mechanisms?
Automatic psychological process PROTECTING the individual against anxiety and from awareness of internal or external dangers = unconscious

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