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Mental health - ✅✅state of well-being in which each person can reach their
potential
Mental Illness - ✅✅all psychiatric disorders that have a definable diagnosis
"health conditions involving changes in emotion, thinking or behavior../
associated with. distress and/or problems functioning in social, work or family
activities"
DSM-5 - ✅✅Diagnostic and Statistical manual of mental disorders
outlines criteria used to define mental disorders (helps make diagnosis, outline a
treatment plan, predict outcomes)
represents psychosocial and biological functioning
corresponds with ICD-10 codes preceding each diagnosis in the manual
Previous DSM Axis 1 - ✅✅clinical disorders and principle disorders
(influxes diagnosis)
Previous DSM Axis II - ✅✅personality disorders or intellectual disabilities
,(influxes diagnosis)
Previous DSM Axis III - ✅✅general medical conditions or neurological problems
(influxes diagnosis)
Previous DSM Axis IV - ✅✅psychosocial and environmental stressors
(psychosocial and contextual)
Previous DSM Axis V - ✅✅Global Assessment of Functioning (0-100)
Global functioning assessment, 0-100 - ✅✅0: inadequate information
20: some danger to self or others or failing to maintain minimal hygiene or
communication impairment
40: serious symptoms, reality impairment, major impairment in several areas
60: moderarte symptoms or difficulty in functioning
80: (if present) symptoms are transient and expectable reactions to psychosocial
stressors, slight impairment in functioning
,100: superior functioning in wide range of activities, no symptoms
Etiology of mental illness - ✅✅individual dimensional traits
life story
behaviors
structural racism
environmental factors
social/economic circumstances
hormones
medical conditions
trauma
transfer of drugs across the blood brain barrier
Is mental illness a constant? - ✅✅no, it is on a continuum
, What does WHO report as the leading cause of disability worldwide? -
✅✅Depression
Top mental illnesses in the US - ✅✅depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia,
OCD
How have suicide rates changed since 2001? - ✅✅increased, especially in
veterans
5 points of PMHN scope of practice - ✅✅quality of human life and its
relationship to health
relationships between optimum psychobiologic health and feelings of self-worth,
personal integrity, self-fulfillment, and creative expression
promote basic needs
promote healthy relationships
recognize basic human needs
Psychiatric mental health nursing (PMHN) - ✅✅promoting mental health
through the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of human responses to mental
health problems and psychiatric disorders
Components of comprehensive PMHN - ✅✅biological