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Psychology (Mental Health)
Preguntas del test (11)
1what is mental health?
- Athe capacity of an individual to interact with others and the environment in ways that promote subjective well-being, optimal development throughout the lifespan and effective use of the persons cognitive, emotional and social abilities
- Bpsychological dysfunction dysfunction usually associated with distress, impairment in the ability to cope with everyday life, and thoughts, feelings and/or behaviour that are not typical of the person or appropriate within their culture
- C- if a person struggles or is unable to do the kinds of things they normally do each day
2what is a psychotic illness
- AA psychotic illness, commonly referred to as psychosis involves loss of contact with reality. They have difficulty making sense of their thoughts, feelings or what is happening around them
- Bremain in touch with reality despite their dysfunctional thoughts, feelings and behaviour
- Csomeone goes crazy
3what are the type main approaches when diagnosing mental illness?
- Ahumanistic and trait
- Bcategorical and dimensional
- Cthinking and feeling
4the categorical approach is a "yes-no" approach to classification
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
5what is impaired ability
- Adoes not necessarily indicate mental illness alone
- Bif a person struggles or is unable to do the kind of things they normally do each day
- Ca disability
- Dcan do things at a very fast rate without any breaks
6what is inclusion criteria
- Asymptoms that must be present in order for the disorder to be diagnosed
- Bsymptoms that must not be present in order for the disorder to be diagnosed
- Csymptoms which are characteristics of the disorder and therefore enable the assessment of the presence of the disorder
7What does DSM stand for ?
- ADoing -Sensing-Management
- BDiagnostic-Statistical-Manual
- CDiagnosis-Stats-Mental
8diagnostic criteria is most commonly viewed as a cluster or related psychological and/or behavioural characteristics that tend to occur together and can be measured
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
9a key feature of the dimensional approach that a mental disorder is not considered in terms of whether it is present or absent-rather the focus is on grading a person in terms of the degree or severity on particular dimensions
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
10what is a strength to the dimensional approach?
- Athe emphasis on quantifying dimensions on scales can provide a richer and more detailed description of a person’s mental health state in the form of a profile
- Bfor most disorders listed in the DSM or ICD, there is no standardised inventory or system to support mental health professionals in using a dimensional approach
- Cvery time consuming and detailed
11The ICD consists of .....
- Aidentifying the disorder that best matches or reflects the symptom presented by the individual
- Ba detailed description of each disorder listed
- Ccauses of the disorder
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- looks at the unit of mental health which is often covered by Yr 12 psych
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