MENTAL HEALTH MIDTERM
JERSEY COLLEGE
Question : Mental health
CORRECT ANSWER : emotional, psychological, and social
well-being
Question : Mental illnesses
CORRECT ANSWER : Affect a persons, thinking, feeling
and mood, which can make it difficult to relate to others and maintain daily functioning
Question : Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental
disorders, fifth edition(DSM-5)
CORRECT ANSWER : The current official guidebook for
categorizing and diagnosing psychiatric mental health disorders in the United States
Question : Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental
disorders, fifth edition(DSM-5) 5 axes
CORRECT ANSWER : Axis 1: list the psychiatric diagnosis or diagnosis, for example major depressive disorder,
schizophrenia, and alcohol dependence Axis 2: list,
personality disorders, and mental retardation to ensure long- standing issues that may call occur with the axis 1 disorders,
such as borderline personality disorder. Axis 3: any medical
conditions believed to be relevant to the mental disorder in
question. Axis 4: reporting psychosocial and environmental
problems that may affect the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of a mental disorder, such as occupational problems, economic problems, interpersonal problems with
family members Axis 5: called the global assessment of
functioning, which gave an indication of the persons, best level of psychological, social and occupational functioning during the preceding year reading on the scale 1 to 100, one indicates persistent danger of severely hurting oneself or others, 100 indicates superior functioning
Question : Myths in misconceptions when it comes to mental
illnesses
CORRECT ANSWER : - One minute is that to be mentally
ill is to be different or odd - Another misconception is that to
be mentally healthy a person must be logical and rational at all times
Question : Prevalence Rate
CORRECT ANSWER : The proportion of the population
with a mental disorder at a given time period. One and five adults will experience one or more mental health conditions in a year..
Question : culture-bound syndromes
CORRECT ANSWER : Appear only in particular cultures
and do not appear globally in all societies or parts of the world. For example, one form of mental illness recognized in parts of south east Asia is running amok in which someone usually a meal runs around, engaging and furious, almost indiscriminate, violent behavior. Pibloktoq, uncontrollable desire to tear off once clothing, and expose oneself to severe winter weather. It is recognized form of psychological disorder in parts of Greenland, Alaska, and the Arctic regions of Canada. Anorexia nervosa , psychobiological disorder that entails voluntary starvation. This disorder is known well in
Europe, North America in Australia, but is unheard in other societies.
Question : stigma
CORRECT ANSWER : The negative view or stereotypical
view of someone with mental illness. It creates prejudice and discrimination.
Question : Conscious mind
CORRECT ANSWER : your current awareness, thoughts,
beliefs, and feelings
Question : Preconscious
CORRECT ANSWER : Yeah, not currently the subject of
our attention, but easily accessible with conscious effort
Question : Unconscious
CORRECT ANSWER : Is where our most primitive feelings,
drives and memories resides, especially those that are unbearable and traumatic