Psych - Mental Health, Psychiatric Assessment, & Mental Status Exam Study Guide Solutions
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Psych - Mental Health, Psychiatric Assessment, & Mental Status
Exam Study Guide Solutions
Mental Health - Ans:-Able to recognize own potential
Cope with normal stress
Work productively
Make contribution to community
Traits of Mental Health - Ans:-Ability to:
- think rationally
- communicate...
- realistic goals and reasonable function within the individual's role
Mental Illness - Ans:✔✔-Disorders with a definable diagnosis - criteria defined in DSM-5
Significant dysfunction in mental functioning related to:
- developmental
- biological
- physiological disturbances
**This really comes down to functionality; If you are not functional in the way that you want to be or are
accustomed to, then we start to look for a diagnosis
Culturally defined - Cultural bounds of mental health and the mental health continuum; What is
dysfunctional in one culture may be functional in another culture; Disruption to the social membrane of
your world/culture; Learning what functionality means in another culture is important; This is a
weakness of the DSM-5
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