Classification of Mental Illness Flashcards

A mental disorder is a syndrome characterized by clinically significant disturbance in an individual's cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior that reflects a dysfunction in the psychological, biological, or developmental processes underlying mental functioning. Mental disorders are usually associated with significant distress or disability in social, occupational, or other important activities.

An expectable or culturally approved response to a common stressor or loss, such as the death of a loved one, is not a mental disorder. Sexual deviant behavior (e.g. political, religious, or sexual) and conflicts that are primarily between the individual and society are not mental disorders unless the deviance or conflict results from a dysfunction in the individual.

Mental health refers to a broad array of activities directly or indirectly related to the mental well-being component included in the WHO's definition of health. It's related to the promotion of well-being, the prevention of mental disorders, and the treatment and rehabilitation of people affected by mental disorders.

<p>A broad range of problems, with different symptoms, generally characterized by some combination of abnormal thoughts, emotions, behavior, and relationships with others. Examples are schizophrenia, depression, mental retardation, and disorders due to drug abuse.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The grouping of psychological disorders by common patterns of symptoms. There's not one symptom that appears only in one disorder.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) by the American Psychiatric Association and the International Classification of Disease (ICD) by the World Health Organisation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Science.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In the 19th century.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A classification scheme (1882).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Divided dementia praecox and manic-depressive psychosis, on a physical basis.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>About 1933, with 11 classes of disorder and suspected cause.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The DSM 5 (2013) and the ICD 10 (1994).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Classification of diseases and diagnoses linked with explanation and treatments.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<ul> <li>Easier to qualify with a mental disorder than previously?</li> <li>Fewer symptoms lasting for a shorter period of time?</li> <li>Could elimination of a particular disorder (e.g. Asperger's) lead to deficits in service provision for people previously diagnosed with this condition?</li> <li>Borderline cases?</li> <li>Eligibility for services, insurance issues (USA)?</li> <li>Lingering record on employment or security clearance?</li> </ul> Signup and view all the answers

<ul> <li>Should have clinical utility (help clinicians to determine prognosis, treatment plans, and potential treatment outcomes for patients).</li> <li>Diagnosis is not equivalent to a need for treatment (treatment is a complex clinical decision, a person may exhibit many symptoms requiring treatment but may not meet the criteria for diagnosis).</li> <li>A reduction in clinical uncertainty.</li> </ul> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Epidemiology, health management, and clinical purposes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Monitor the incidence and prevalence of diseases and other health problems.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Physicians, nurses and other health care providers, researchers, workers, policy-makers, insurers, and patient organizations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Allows critical distinctions, groups according to similarities.</p> Signup and view all the answers