PSW 200 Final Exam
Mood disorder are the - ANS-Most common
___% of Canadians live with mental illness - ANS-20
__% of Canadian will not seek help for fear to be labeled - ANS-60
Mental illness - ANS-Is a disturbance in one's ability to cope and or adjust to stress
Mental Heath is - ANS-State of mind in which a person copes with and adjust to the stressor of
everyday living in socially acceptable ways
Mental health is influenced by - ANS-Inherited characteristics
Childhood nurturing
Life circumstances
__ in 5 will have mental health - ANS-5
__ in 5 will have mental illness - ANS-1
Physical responses to stress - ANS-Increase Bp, rapid pulse, respirations, lump in throat, dry
mouth, butterflies in stomach, sweaty palms
Anxiety is - ANS-A vague feeling, including a sense of impending danger or harm, 1-10 people
Emotional out bursts are - ANS-Yelling, crying, screaming
Defense mechanisms are - ANS-Methods of dealing with stress that just happen
Onset of most mental illness occurs - ANS-adolescence and young adulthood
Psychiatrist is - ANS-Physician who specialize in mental health disorders, who can prescribe
medication for tx
Psychologists and psychotherapist - ANS-Health care professionals educated in tx for mental
health that do not involve prescribing medicine
20% of people with anxiety are over age 65?
True or False - ANS-True
Obsessive-compulsion disorder - ANS-An obsession is a recurrent, unwanted thought, idea,
image
, Compulsions is urge to perform an act. Repeating an act over and overagain
Depression - ANS-Symptoms- affect work, sleep, eating, and other activities
Feelings-worthlessness, self blame, sadness, disappointment and emptiness, Interfere with
person ability to perform
Schizophrenia - ANS-Split mind
Psychosis - ANS-Unable to distinguish between reality and non reality
Strategies to mange stress - ANS-Self awareness, take care own needs, think positive, assert
yourself, ask help and support, calming exercises
Causes of mental health disorders are - ANS-Biological factors- chemical imbalance body
Childhood experience-trauma, conflict, repressed
Social and cultural factors-poverty, social isolation, discrimination
Poor physical health/disability
Stressful life events, Alcohol/drug abuse, heredity, untreated sexually transmitted disease
Concurrent dx - ANS-Mental illness and substance abuse
Stigma - ANS-A characteristics that make a person as different or flawed
Team approach - ANS-Stay calm, talk to them to share how feeling, share observation, if
become agitated- take break, do not agree/disagree with delusions/hallucinations, find out
support, suggest see doctor
Phobias and panic disorder tx - ANS-Psychotherapy, relaxation, breathing technique,
medication, desensitized to the thing that cause fear
Support group, eat healthy, avoid alcohol/caffeine drink/illegal drugs, exercise, stress
management, good nite sleep, other activities calm the mind
Obsessive compulsive disorder tx - ANS-Drugs used affect levels of serotonin, chemical
messenger in brain, psychotherapy-stay contact with obsession, not perform ritual ease
pressure of obsession, improvement may seen two or months
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