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Psychology (Mental Health)

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  1. 1what is mental health?
    1. 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
    2. 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
    3. C- if a person struggles or is unable to do the kinds of things they normally do each day
  2. 2what is a psychotic illness
    1. 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
    2. Bremain in touch with reality despite their dysfunctional thoughts, feelings and behaviour
    3. Csomeone goes crazy
  3. 3what are the type main approaches when diagnosing mental illness?
    1. Ahumanistic and trait
    2. Bcategorical and dimensional
    3. Cthinking and feeling
  4. 4the categorical approach is a "yes-no" approach to classification
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  5. 5what is impaired ability
    1. Adoes not necessarily indicate mental illness alone
    2. Bif a person struggles or is unable to do the kind of things they normally do each day
    3. Ca disability
    4. Dcan do things at a very fast rate without any breaks
  6. 6what is inclusion criteria
    1. Asymptoms that must be present in order for the disorder to be diagnosed
    2. Bsymptoms that must not be present in order for the disorder to be diagnosed
    3. Csymptoms which are characteristics of the disorder and therefore enable the assessment of the presence of the disorder
  7. 7What does DSM stand for ?
    1. ADoing -Sensing-Management
    2. BDiagnostic-Statistical-Manual
    3. CDiagnosis-Stats-Mental
  8. 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
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  9. 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
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  10. 10what is a strength to the dimensional approach?
    1. 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
    2. 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
    3. Cvery time consuming and detailed

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looks at the unit of mental health which is often covered by Yr 12 psych
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