1. 7 Lecture Notes Mental Health Diseases and Disorders
Classroom Activity to Accompany Diseases of the Human Body Fifth Edition
Carol D. Tamparo Marcia A. Lewis

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3. I will work in my own way, according to the light that is in me.
—Lydia Maria Child

4. Mental Health Diseases and Disorders
Integration of health care and mental health care
Today, primary care providers and mental health specialists work collaboratively

5. Mental Health Diseases and Disorders
Cost of mental health care
26% of US population diagnosed with a mental disorder each year
15% of total burden of disease by 2020
Mental disorders not usually covered by health insurance

6. Mental Health Diseases and Disorders
Diagnosis
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV-TR)
Published by American Psychiatric Association
Guide to diagnostic criteria

7. Mental Health Diseases and Disorders
Diagnoses of mental health disorders and diseases are classified by the
American Psychological Society
DSM-IV-TR
Insurance providers
Mental Health Association

8. Mental Health Diseases and Disorders
Mental Status Examination
Assessment for suspected mental disorder includes
Appearance
Speech
Motor activity
Mood
Perceptions
Thought content
Judgment

9. Mental Health Diseases and Disorders
Nature versus nurture
Nature: already determined; difficult or impossible to alter
Nurture: continuously influenced by others

10. Mental Health Diseases and Disorders
Depression: feeling of hopelessness, worthlessness, guilt, despair, and having difficultly working, sleeping, and enjoying life
Bipolar disorder: cycling between depression and mania; also called manic-depression
Schizophrenia: altered sensory perception with physical and psychological changes that affect brain functioning, behavior patterns, and the five senses

11. Mental Health Diseases and Disorders
Anxiety disorders
Generalized anxiety: excessive and unrealistic worry
Obsessive-compulsive: persistent exaggerated thoughts or actions that reflect exaggerated fear
Panic disorder: recurrent episodes of apprehension, terror, or impending doom

12. Mental Health Diseases and Disorders
Anxiety disorders (cont.)
Post-traumatic stress: persistent psychological consequences that occur after a traumatic event
Phobias: persistent and irrational fear of an object, activity, or situation

13. Mental Health Diseases and Disorders
Personality disorders
Anti-social: pattern of disregard for rights of others
Border-line: pattern of attention seeking and excessive emotions
Narcissistic: lack of empathy; need for admiration and grandiosity
Avoidant: pattern of feelings of inadequacies; hypersensitivity to criticism

14. Mental Health Diseases and Disorders
Substance abuse and dependence
Addiction: both physical and psychological
With addiction comes tolerance where use must be increased to achieve the previous affects
Polysubstance dependence is the use of three or more substances

15. Mental Health Diseases and Disorders
Disorders generally diagnosed during childhood or adolescence
Intellectual disability: also known as cognitive disability or mental retardation
Autism spectrum disorders: pervasive developmental disorders
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

16. Mental Health Diseases and Disorders
Disorders generally diagnosed during childhood or adolescence (cont.)
Anorexia nervosa: imposed starvation and irrational fear of gaining weight
Bulimia nervosa: repetitive gorging with food followed by self-induced vomiting

17. Mental Health Diseases and Disorders
Sexual disorders
Dyspareunia: refers to pain that is associated with sexual intercourse
Male erectile dysfunction: inability to achieve or sustain an erection
Female sexual arousal disorder: inability to achieve orgasm

18. Mental Health Diseases and Disorders
Sexual disorders (cont.)
Premature ejaculation: persistent or recurrent onset of orgasm and expulsion of seminal fluid before complete erection of the penis

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