what are some examples of failure to function adiquetly?
Eating regularly, washing clothes, getting to work on time etc.
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For whom does a failure to cope with everyday living cause distress?
The individual, and concerned relations such as friends and relatives
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In what condition may an indvidual lack self awareness about their failure to function adiquetly?
Schizophrenia
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In what context may failure to function adequtly be an inneropriate criteria on which to judge mental health?
when an individual is not coping with life in a normal way in a way which does not cause distress to them or to others
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What does the DSM include to help diagnose people based on their inability to function adequatly?
WHODAS (World Health Organisation Disability Assessment)
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What are the first three WHODAS assesment criteria?
Understaning and communicating, getting around and self care
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What are the first three WHODAS assesment criteria?
getting along with peple, life activities and participation in society
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How do clinicians use WHODAS?
by rating each aspect out from 1 to 5 and giving the paitent an overall scoe out of 180
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what type of data is collected using WHODAS?
Quatatative
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What is the premice of Jahoda (1958) deviation from ideal mental health?
we define physical illnesses by the absence of signs of physical health, tempreture, blood pressure, skin coulour etc. Jahoda suggests we do the same with mental illnesses
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how did Jahoda (1958) gather data on ideal mental health?
she reviewed what other reaserchers had written about it
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what is the first catagory of ideal mental health?
self attitute - high self esteem, strong sense of identity
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what is the second catagory of ideal mental health?
Personal growth - self actulisation, the extent to which an individual develops their full capabilities
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what is the third catagory of ideal mental health?
intergration - being able to cope with stresful situations
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what is the fourth catagory of ideal mental health?
Autonomy being independent and self regulating
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what is the fifth catagory of ideal mental health?
Having an accurate perception of reality
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what is the sixth catagory of ideal mental health?
mastery of your environment - the ability to love, function and work in interpersonal relationships and adjust to new problems and situations
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E1: What is a weakness of the failure to function adeqautly approach to diagnosis?
The individual suffering a psychopathology may not be aware or inclined to ask for help so it falls to others to judge their failure to function adeqautly. Ideas about what defines normal may vary according to different people
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E2: In what circumstances might a failure to cope with everyday living be functional?
Individuals with eating disorders or depression may be rewarded with attention attracted by their behviour. In this way it is quite functional
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E3: What is a major strength of f failure to function adeqatly as a tool for diagnosis?
it recognises the subjective experince of the individual. In addition to this it is also relitavly easy to judge because of the existance of WHODAS
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E1: How is Jahoda's (1958) list of criteria for ideal mental health unrealistic?
Most people lack some of the qualifications for ideal mental health. Therefore, it is hard to determine how many catogories a person must lack before they are classed as mentally ill
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E1: what is the other major drawback of Jahoda's (1958) deviation from ideal mental health?
Some criteria (personal growth and environmental mastery) are hard to quantify accuratly
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E2: what is the issue with comparing physical and mental health?
Physical ailments have physical causes. mental disorders are the product of life eperinces. therefore it is unlikly the two can be sucsessfully diagnosed in the same way
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E3: What is a strength unique to Jahoda's (1958) model?
It focuses on the positves rather than the negetives by looking at what is desirable rather than undesirable
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What are the real world applications of deviation from ideal mental health?
Even though Jahoda's (1958) ideas were not taken up by many clincians, her positive aproach has had a great influence on a branch of 'positive' psychology
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Eating regularly, washing clothes, getting to work on time etc.
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