mental health
state of emotional well-being, free from incapacitating conflicts, with an ability to make rational decisions and cope with environmental stressed and internal pressures
mental illness
disease that causes mild to severe disturbances in thinking, perception, and behavior
normal mental health
1. accurate perception of reality 2 . autonomy and independence 3. capability for growth and development 4. environmental mastery 5. positive relationships 6. positive self-view
abnormal mental health
- not all symptoms/problems in life are disorders
2. mislabeling can be harmful
diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
- who published it
- definition
- American psychiatric association
- used to classify and diagnose mental disorders
anxiety disorders
-2 types
An exaggeration of people’s normal and adaptive reactions to stressful and fearful situations
-phobias and panic disorders
phobias
extreme fear or dread of particular objects or situations
panic disorders
involve sudden intense feeling of terror for no apparent reason and symptoms are similar to heart attack
mood disorders
- definition
- 2 types
- Psychological disorder characterized by the elevation or lowering of a person’s mood
- depression and bipolar
axis I
- definition
- ex
Represents acute symptoms that need treatment
-Depressive episodes, schizophrenic episode, panic attack
axis II
- definition
- 2 types
Personality disorders and intellectual disabilities
-personality disorders and BPD
personality disorders
the causes of vicious cycles of negative experiences where people cannot adapt to change and become distressed
conceptual shift
from labeling disorders as badness to regarding people with mental disorders as sick
schizophrenia
- definition
- symptoms
- affects how a person acts, feels or thinks
- Delusions
- Hallucinations
- Impaired reasoning
- Incoherent speech
- Withdrawal
- Delusions
deinstitutionalization
1960s and 1970s governmental policy that focused on releasing hospitalized psychiatric patients into the community and closing mental hospitals
civil rights movement
i. Deinstitutionalization implemented
stigma
- definition
- how to reduce it
- A mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance
- changing mental health to behavioral health
mental health parity act
person who is diagnosed with a mental disorder should receive the same level of professional care as a person diagnosed with a physical disorder
psychotropic meds
- definition
- ex
Medication capable of affecting the mind, emotions and behavior
-antidepressants and antimanic medications
