Psychological problems key concepts
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- Created on: 01-04-20 14:09
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- Key concepts Psychological problems
- 1.) Ways of defining mental health
- Mental health continuum
- mental health on a scale, individuals feel more/less mentally healthy rather than being mentally healthy or not
- No diagnostic labels or stigma
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- High self-esteem, personal growth, integration, autonomy, accurate perception of reality, mastery of environment,
- Pessimistic, hard to achieve all
- Mental health continuum
- 2.) Prevalence of mental health problems
- Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) measures number of adults in England with mental health problems. looks at factors like age & sex
- 1 in 4 adults diagnosed, 1 in 10 (5-16years) diagnosed
- Women more likely to have mental health problem
- LGBT community more at risk
- 1 in 10 gay/bisexual men (16-19) tried committing suicide, 1 in 7 bisexual/gay men experience depression & anxiety
- Bisexual women suffer more than lesbian
- 1 in 5 LGBT young people with mental health issue, trans & bi women more at risk
- 3.) Incidence of significant mental health problems over time
- Difficult to track
- Not all mental health problems diagnosed
- Symptoms to diagnose mental health problems always changing
- Trends rely on self-report surveys, not accurate relies on people's accuracy, honesty & memory
- Mood disorders, depression & anxiety on the rise
- Classification of mental health problems
- No difference in rates of diagnosis of schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders
- International Classification of Diseases (ICD) listed many diseases listed many disorders we still recognise today
- Anorexia now significant mental health problem
- Homosexuality classed as mental health disorder until 1990s
- Mental Health Act (1959) changing attitudes
- Ensures people with psychiatric illnesses treated in similar way to physical ilnesses
- local councils responsible for social care of people who didn't need in-patient medical treatment
- Difficult to track
- 1.) Ways of defining mental health
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