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how many people in Britain have a:
significant mental health problem?
mental health problem (wider definition)
severe and enduring mental illness?
- sig- 1 in 6 adults
- wider 1 in 4
- 2%
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what are the 4 categories for mental illness?
- neurosis
- psychosis
- organic
- personality disorders
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what is neurosis?
disorder in which anxiety or emotional symptoms are prominent
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for neurosis, the sufferer often has insight into their own their illness, or has potential to have insight. T or F
True
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what are the main types of neurosis?
- pathological anxiety
- clinical depression
- phobias
- obsessions/ compulsions
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how much of the population suffer from pathological anxiety?
16%
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Finish this sentence... It is estimated that 16% of the population suffered from some form of pathological anxiety, a response to an event which is:
- disproportionate to the severity of stress normally expected
- continues for an excessive period of time after the stressor has gone or
- occurs in the absence of an external stressor
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what are the S and S of pathological anxiety?
- persistent anxiety
- disturbed sleeping pattern
- tension leading to aches and pains
- muscular tremor
- restlessness
- dry mouth
- autonomic over activity (sweating, tachycardia)
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what are the main two types of clinical depression?
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what is reactive clinical depression?
- attributable to a specific event
- e.g. bereavement, major life event or other traumatic/ stressful experience
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what is endogenous clinical depression?
person may have frequent prolonged episodes, with no apparent cause
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what are typical features of clinical depression?
- persistent low mood, reduced energy, pessimism
- sleep disturbance, poor concentration
- reduced appetite, weight loss
- reduced libido, loss of enjoyment
- feelings of worthlessness/ guilt
- general loss of normal function
- risk of self harm or suicide in severe cases
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what is the treatment for clinical depression?
- psychological treatments
- used in conjunction with anti depressant medications
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what is electroconvulsive therapy?
- an epileptic fit is induced
- short electric shock passed across the brain
- electrodes placed in temple and forehead
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when may electroconvulsive therapy be used and in conjunction with?
- other methods of treatment have been unsuccessful in life threatening depression
- conjunction with anti depressant medications
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what are the two types of deliberate self harm?
- self injury
- self poisoning
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what is suicide?
how many suicides in England per year and how many were male?
- act of intentionally ending your life
- 4500 per year
- 77% per male
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what are some of the kinds of problems that might put people at risk of suicide?
- break up of a close relationship
- unhappy change in circumstances
- painful and disabling physical illness
- heavy use or dependency on alcohol or other drugs
- previous suicide attempts or self harming
- history of suicide in the family
- depression
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what are the suicide warning signs?
- threaten to hurt or kill themselves
- talk or write about death, dying or suicide
- actively look for ways to kill themselves
- feelings of hopelessness
- engage in risky activities
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what is the suicide risk awareness tool?
LA383
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what is a phobia?
persistent, abnormal fear of an object or situation
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what may a sufferer of a phobia experience?
- anxiety leading to anxiety attack (panic attack, feeling of impending doom)
- when confronted with their phobia
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in a phobia, when may anxiety develop?
simply from the suffers phobia being mentioned
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what are the S and S of a phobia?
- recurrent episodes of acute distress
- mental confusion
- sweating
- palpitations
- deep and rapid breathing- may lead to hyperventilation
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what is an obsession/ compulsion?
- desire to carry out repetitive actions (compulsion)
- in response
- to thoughts that constantly occupy the conscious mind (obsession)
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some who suffers from obsession/ compulsion may have...
rituals that become part of everyday life
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