Chapter 1

• What do you call the most common mental health problem that result in a mixture of complaints and caused by a reaction to life difficulties?

  distress
• What categorizes a mental health DISORDER?

  ● Disorder● More severe, but less common● More clearly defined complaints● Medical Diagnosis● Longer duration
• What is the most severe and least common mental health problem and how is it described?

  Disability;

  ● Enduring impairments● Affects daily functioning● Present for long time● Can start in childhood or as an adult
• What are symptoms that involve not thinking clearly or forgetfulness, thinking life is not worth living, or thinking someone is going to harm the person?

  "Thinking" or cognitive symptoms; health worker may need to ask about symptoms , but can also be detected using good observational skills
• How do you describe the Feelings symptoms feature of mental health problems?

  -related to one's feelings

  • ex: sad, worried, irritable, or scared

  -often, person may need not talk openly about their feelings, health care worker needs to ask specifically about them

  • observe person's facial expressions and body language
• What are physical or somatic symptoms ?

  Affect the body or physical functions (aches tiredness, sleep disturbance); most important feature.
• What symptom feature of mental health problems is described by being aggressive, less communitive restless or fidgety?

  Behavior or "doing" symptoms; can be detected using good observational skills
• How are imaging or perceptual symptoms categorized?

  -hearing voices or hallucinations

  -presence most often identified by asking questions about such experiences or from the observations of family members
• What are common mental disorders?

  Depression, Anxiety disorders panic attacks, phobias, PTSD, Physical symptoms (heartbeat), Substance Abuse, Other addiction
• What are severe mental disorders?

  Psychosis, Bipolar disorder, OCD (obsessive)
• Powerpoint main points?

  -entanglement between physical and mental, go hand in hand

  -mental health impacts everybody

  -lack of mental health services, although it is on rise it is still not as developed as

  physical health

  -stigma around mental health with admittance and getting health

  -view of society, biases, stigmas

  -mental health problems don’t usually get to the root of the problem, often they are

  overmedicated for not the core issues.

  -Looking at bigger issue (physical and mental) will help find core problem
• What is state of confusion develops over a short period of time (sudden), medical cause?

  Delirium
• What is dementia?

  Long term deterioration of brain, we do not know cause (older or young adults with medical conditions)
• What mental health problems present in children?

  intellectual disabilities like autism or dyslexia
• What Distress and disorder present in children?

  Distress and Disorder

  Hyperactivity

  Conduct disorders

  ADHD

  Bedwetting

  Depression
• Why does mental health matter?

  Can be disabling to daily life

  Society is changing

  Social changes

  Economic changes: wealth gap (inequality)

  Mental health problems & stigma

  Mental health problems can be treated by relatively simple treatments
• What is the Difference between disorder and feeling?

  Feeling and being actually clinically diagnosed with a disorder

  Body producing or lacking certain hormones vs. bad day
• Which social determinant of health is defined by Housing, employment, poverty, food security?

  Economic Stability
• How is the Education Social Determinant described?

  Language, literacy, higher education, level of education, early childhood education and development
• What social determinants of health is defined by Incarceration, social cohesion, civic participation, discrimination?

  Social and Community Context
• How is the Health and Healthcare Social Determinant of health defined by?


  Access to care , health literacy
• What is social determinant is defined by Access to healthy foods, quality of housing, crime and violence, environmental conditions?

  Neighborhood and Built Environment
• Physical determinants vs Social determinants?

  ○ Social: access to opportunities and services, availability of resources,

  community, culture

  ○ Physical: environment, settings, conditions, physical barriers and hazards
• What are other mental health problems?

  Epilepsy

  Self harming behaviors (physical or self destruction)
• Causes of cognitive mental health?

  • Stressful events (unemployment, death, birth, marriage, divorce, moving, etc.)

  • Difficult childhood (violence, neglect, etc.)

  • Brain diseases (infections, AIDS, head injuries, strokes, etc.)

  • Medical problems or medicines (kidney and liver failure, etc.)

  • Also, certain marginalized groups have higher rates of mental health issues
• An initial intake assessment with a client revealed he has anorexia nervosa. However, the counselor does not feel competent to effectively counsel clients with eating disorders. What should the counselor do?

  Refer the client to another counselor with eating disorder expertise
• Which of the following would be the most helpful method of self-care for a client who has both anxiety and type 2 diabetes?

  Engage in morning walks as physical activity

  • Because mental and physical health goes hand in hand, taking care of one side can have a positive impact on the other!
• When providing mental healthcare to a client, it is necessary to only treat the underlying mental illness?

  FALSE