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Summary Characteristics of Mental Health for OCR Psychology
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Phobias Continuous feeling of fear which disablesdaily functioning.
Affective Disabling moods. Disorder prevents ppl
from living a normal life
Psychotic Loss of contact w reality. Causes a person
to hallucinate leading to confusion.
Phobias
Definite, persistent fear of a particular object or situation. Stimulus will provoke an
immediate response like shortness of breath, palpitations.
Only diagnosed if it disrupts day to day life.
Affective
Depression is emotional, behavioural or cognitive.
Symptoms
- Sadness
- Sleep disturbance/insomnia
- Suicidal thoughts
Psychotic
Positive symptoms - physically present symptoms (delusions, hallucinations, disorganised
speech)
Negative - loss of normal behaviours (lack of motivation, anhedonia, losing emotional
responses)
Anxiety is a continuous fear of something which disables daily functioning
Depression is disabling moods
Schizo is loss of contact w reality
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