Psych - Mental Health, Psychiatric Assessment, & Mental Status Exam Study Guide Solutions

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 appropriately - learn - grow emotionally ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 2/15 - be resilient - have a healthy self-esteem - 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 ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 3/15 DSM-5 - Ans:-The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition Official medical guidelines of the American Psychiatric Association for diagnosing psychiatric disorders Based on specific criteria influenced by multi professional clinical field trials Risk and Protective Factors - Ans:-Individual (Familial and genetic) attributes and behaviors Social and economic circumstances - Social determinants of health Environmental factors - One of the top predictors of schizophrenia is the time of the year that you were born (winter months) and living in densely populated areas; We are just beginning to understand the hone in on environmental stress factors Diathesis-Stress Model - Ans:-Diathesis - biological predisposition Stress - environmental stress to trauma (epigenetic) ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 4/15 Most accepted explanation for mental illness Combination of genetic vulnerability and negative environmental stressors *Assertion: Most physhiatric disorders result from a combination of genetic vulnerability and negative environmental stressors* Preparing for the clinical patient interview - Ans:-Pace Setting - We want to be private as much as possib