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1
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The onset of most mental illnesses occurs when?

A

Adolescence and early adulthood

2
Q

Over _____ of people worldwide receive care for some form of mental disorder at some time in their life.

A

1/3rd

3
Q

___ of Canadians will be diagnosed with at least one mental disorder in their lifetime.

A

20%

4
Q

What are the most common psychiatric disorders in the workforce?

A

Depression, Anxiety and PTSD

5
Q

Approaches to mental health represent ______ at the time.

A

beliefs

6
Q

Until the 19th century, mentally ill people were cared for at _____. However, if they had no _______, they would live out on the streets, This contributed to this stigma.

A

Home
Family
criminality, uncleanliness and danger

7
Q

Drilling a hole through a skull to release spirits.

Brought back by this guy.

A

Trephination

Hughes

8
Q

Early mental health facilities followed this model - meaning that those deemed unfit for society were hoarded into one place.

A

Custodial model

9
Q

Who was the first to really foster the idea that people with mental health disorders were also sick.

A

Freud

10
Q

What is the current focus of mental health care?

A

Medication

11
Q

theories that explain neurobiologic changes related to mental disorders

A

biologic

12
Q

theories related to psychological processes of thoughts, feelings, and behaviours

A

psychological

13
Q

theories that account for the influence of social forces encompassing the patient, family, and community within cultural settings

A

social

14
Q

the core of who we are and the connections between ourselves, and our universe

A

spiritual

15
Q

What index was used in Bhutan in the Himalayas?

A

Gross National Happiness index

16
Q

• A state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make contributions to his or her own community

A

mental health

17
Q

What is often the deciding factor between something being normal vs. a disorder?

A

when a client’s perceived level of distressed is intolerable

18
Q

Diagnosable mental disorders are characterized by alterations in what?
In addition?

A

Feelings (mood/affect), thought (cognition), actions (behaviours)
in addition to:
- distress, impaired function and over a period of time

19
Q

What are the two classification systems for mental health disorders?

A

International Statistical classification of diseases and related health problems (ICD-10)
Diagnostic and Statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-V)

20
Q

Most mental health services are provided where?

A

Community settings

21
Q

What is the cornerstone of the Canadian healthcare system?

A

Recovery

22
Q

Recovery in the mental health case is peculiar, why?

A

Recovery is less about returning to one’s former self, and more about engagement and one’s own personal autonomy and social identity with this disease

23
Q

What does the crisis response focus on? What are the steps?

A

Short-term intervention focusing on:

De-escalation, stabilization, symptom reduction, prevention of relapse

24
Q

purposeful, systematic, and dynamic process that uses various techniques to learn about a client’s health-illness information

A

Assessment

25
Q

AEIOU

A

Assess, examine, interview, observe, understand

26
Q

Develop a holistic understanding of the individual to establish a diagnosis, treatment goals, and plan of care

A

comprehensive assessment

27
Q

Collect specific information regarding a specific need, problem or situation

A

Focused assessment

28
Q

What is important to remember about assessment tools?

A

They only provide a snapshot, need several across time to achieve consistency

29
Q

Physical status and function; pharmacological considerations; laboratory studies; physical assessment findings

A

assessment in the biologic domain

30
Q

Responses (of the patient to their illness); mental status examination (MSE); stress and coping; risk/protective/promotive factors

A

assessments in the psychological domain

31
Q

pervasive and sustained emotions that impact their worldview

A

mood

32
Q

outward emotional response; range, appropriateness, intensity, stability

A

affect

33
Q

false sensory perceptions not shared by others

A

hallucinations

34
Q

misperceptions/misrepresentations of a real sensory stimuli

A

illusions

35
Q

what the person is thinking

A

thought content

36
Q

how thoughts are formed and expressed

A

process

37
Q

What does the MMSE look at?

A

LOC, orientation, registration, memory, attention and concentration

38
Q

understanding of reality

A

insight

39
Q

ability to identify logical decisions

A

judgement

40
Q
  • Functional status – day to day life
  • Ethnic and cultural assessment
  • Family structure and supports
  • Community structure and supports
  • Employment, hobbies
A

Assessment in the social domain