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What is the mnemonic often used to remember the taxonomic classification system?
What is the purpose of classification?
What does epidemiology study?
What does classification provide in the context of mental disorders?
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Who revolutionized the taxonomic classification system?
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What does psychiatric or mental health epidemiology focus on?
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How can the occurrence of mental disorders be investigated?
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What does comorbidity refer to in mental health?
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What does etiology of a mental disorder refer to?
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Where can treatment for mental disorders be sought?
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Study Notes
Mental Health Epidemiology and Statistics Overview
- Psychiatric or mental health epidemiology focuses on the occurrence of mental disorders in a population.
- Clinical descriptions in mental health facilities include information about thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that constitute a mental disorder.
- Occurrence of mental disorders can be investigated through prevalence, which can be measured as point prevalence, period prevalence, or lifetime prevalence.
- According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), in 2015, 4% of all U.S. adults had a serious mental illness, and 17.9% had any mental illness.
- Incidence measures the number of new cases in a population over a specific period and is studied to identify causes and prevent future cases.
- Comorbidity refers to the occurrence of two or more mental disorders at the same time in the same person.
- The National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R) found that 45% of those with one mental disorder met the diagnostic criteria for two or more disorders.
- The severity of mental illness and disability are strongly related to comorbidity, and substance use disorders often result from disorders such as anxiety and bipolar mood disorders.
- Etiology, or the cause of the disorder, may have social, biological, or psychological explanations and needs to be understood for appropriate treatment.
- The course of the disorder can be acute, chronic, or time-limited, and prognosis is the anticipated course the mental disorder will take.
- Treatment strategies include medication and psychotherapy provided by trained mental health professionals in various settings such as outpatient facilities or inpatient care at mental hospitals or psychiatric units.
- Treatment may be sought from primary care providers, outpatient facilities, or through inpatient care or hospitalization at mental hospitals or psychiatric units of general hospitals.
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Test your knowledge of mental health epidemiology and statistics with this quiz. Explore concepts such as prevalence, comorbidity, etiology, and treatment strategies for mental disorders. Gain insights into the occurrence, incidence, and clinical descriptions of mental illnesses, and understand the impact of comorbidity on severity and disability.
