Understand mental health problems 1.1 According to the psychiatric classification system there are 7 main types of mental ill health disorder. These are: Mood disorders – is a disorder that involves persistent feelings of sadness or moments of feeling extreme happiness to extreme sadness. The most common mood disorders are depression and bipolar disorder. Personality disorders – people with personality disorders have extreme personality traits that are distressing to the person and cause problems in work, school or social relationships. The person’s patterns of thinking and behaviour differ from the expectations in society and they interfere with the persons normal functioning.
Unit CMH 302 Understand mental health problems Outcome 1 Know the main forms of mental ill health 1. describe the main types of mental ill health according to the psychiatric (dsm/icd) classification system: mood disorders, personality disorders, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, substance-related disorders, eating disorders, cognitive disorders Anxiety disorders – General anxiety disorder Psychotic disorders – Delusional disorder Substance-related disorders – Alcohol abuse Eating disorders - Anorexia nervosa/Bulimia nervosa Cognitive disorders - Alzheimer's disease 2. explain the key strengths and limitations of the psychiatric classification system The classification system provides a means for the multi axial assessment and includes Primary Diagnosis, Relationship Disorder, Medical and Developmental Disorders and conditions, Psychosocial Stressors, and Functional Emotional Development Level. Some approaches are less familiar to clinicians than other approaches and there would be no agreement on the choice of dimensions. 3. explain two alternative frameworks for understanding mental distress. Biological and medical frameworks (sometimes referred to as the disease model) view psychological problems as resulting, in the main, from physical causes such as brain defects, hereditary factors or as the results of accidents or injury. Behavioural frameworks are closely aligned to learning theories and have long been associated with early exponents of conditioning theories.
Know the main forms of mental ill health. -Describe the main types of mental ill health according to the psychiatric (DSM/ICD) classification system: mood disorders, personality disorders, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, substance-related disorders, eating disorders, cognitive disorders. Mood Disorders: is a group of diagnoses in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM IV TR) classification system where a disturbance in the person's mood is hypothesized to be the main underlying feature. Personality Disorders: Personality disorder was not much recognised in the 20th century, but this changed after the British government made considerable sums of money available for public protection of ‘dangerous people with personality disorder’ (‘DSPD’) following the murder of Lin Russell by Michael Stone in 1996.Because Stone had been diagnosed as a “psychopath” and been declared “untreatable” by psychiatrists, the then Home Secretary decided that mental health legislation needed to be changed. Personality disorders are a class of mental disorders characterized by enduring maladaptive patterns of behavior, cognition, and inner experience, exhibited across many contexts and deviating markedly from those accepted by the individual's culture.
Gregory (2010) describes Schizophrenia as the perfect example of a severe mental illness. The world is an incomprehensible jumble for Schizophrenics and the line between delusion and reality is blurred, if not obliterated. The American Psychiatric Association (2013) categorises Schizophrenia as a psychotic disorder, with abnormalities in one or more of 5 domains. These are delusions, hallucinations, disorganised thinking and speech, and grossly disorganised or abnormal motor behaviour such as catatonia. If these delusions and beliefs are not understandable to cultural peers and not related to ordinary life experiences, they are deemed to be bizarre (The American Psychiatric Association, 2013).
| | |Questions | |Unit 18 Understand mental health problems | |Q.1 describe the main types of mental ill health according to the psychiatric (DSM/ICD) | |classification system: mood disorders, personality disorders, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, substance-related disorders, eating | |disorders, cognitive disorders
It is intended that these characters are suffering from mental problems as each of them show the symptoms of their disorders. Baba has an adjustment disorder caused by a major change in his life, Assef suffers from narcissistic personality disorder caused by other influences, and Sohrab has post-traumatic stress disorder caused by a series of traumatizing events. Psychological disorders are mental problems dealing with emotions, thoughts, and behaviors, causing self or others compelling distress. To diagnose means to establish and analyze an illness by observing the symptoms. A symptom is a mental or physical aspect that demonstrates or reveals that the person has a particular disorder.
Mental Illness and the Nature of the Vulnerability Shay Ventura American Sentinel University Mental Illness and the Nature of the Vulnerability There are several conditions that are accepted as mental illnesses. Anxiety disorders, depression, schizophrenia, eating disorders, addictive disorders, and personality disorders are just a few. Life experiences and extreme stressors such as the loss of a job, history of abuse, terrifying events, and even the death of a loved one can trigger a mental illness. Family history, genetics, and family history may play a role. Other factors such as traumatic brain injury, biological issues, and exposure to chemicals or viruses can contribute to mental disorders as well.
Discuss one theoretical explanation of behaviour from the cognitive perspective: The cognitive perspective is focusing on the human mind, the internal mental processes such as thinking, problem solving, creativity, memory, language and perception. Cognitive psychologists are interested in how the human mind is processing these mental processes and on determining the role that mental processes play in affecting emotions and behavior. According to this, mental illness such as depression accrues from people’s negative beliefs and irrational interpretations of situations. Depression is a serious mental illness which involves the body, mind, mood, and thoughts. The effects of depression are characterized by an intense feeling of sadness, guilt, feeling of worthlessness, difficulties in sleep, drug and alcohol abuse.
A person who is depressed can often show similar signs or symptoms to a person that has dementia. Depression can effect concentration, motivation, ability to manage everyday task and social withdrawal. Delirium is a toxic or acute confusion state which may be mistaken for symptoms or signs of dementia. Delirium signs and symptoms can be hallucinations and delusions, changes in perception, attention, mood activity levels. Severe confusion and
Credit 3 Level 3 Learning outcomes Assessment criteria The learner will: The learner can: 1. 1.1 Describe the main types of mental ill health according to the psychiatric (DSM/ICD) classification system: mood disorders, personality disorders, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, substance-related disorders, eating disorders, cognitive disorders Know the main forms of mental ill health 1.2 Explain the key strengths and limitations of the psychiatric classification system 1.3 Explain two alternative frameworks for understanding mental distress 1.4 Explain how mental ill health may be indicated through an individual’s emotions, thinking and behaviour 2. Know the impact of mental ill health on individuals and others in their social network 2.1 Explain how individuals experience discrimination due to misinformation, assumptions and stereotypes about mental ill health 2.2 Explain how mental ill health may have an impact on the individual including: a. psychological and emotional b. practical and financial c. the impact of using services d. social exclusion e. positive impacts 2.3 Explain how mental ill health may have an impact on those in the individual’s familial, social or work network including: a. psychological and emotional b. practical and financial c. the impact of using