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Reasons that U.S. prisons are ill-equipped to treat inmates with mental disorders.
Overcrowded, lack adequate space and a sufficient number of qualified treatment personnel
This affective disorder is characterized by a dysphoric mood, usually depression, or loss of interest or pleasure in almost all usual activities or pastimes.
major depression
Out of 10 people diagnosed with a mental disorder, this number receives treatment.
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These actions are tasks of daily living.
Eating, bathing, and toileting
9-These problems are often seen with the homes of older adults compared to homes of younger people.
older, lower value, and in greater need of repair
This mental disorder treatment type is communicated verbally.
psychotherapy
This affective disorder is characterized by distinct periods of elevated mood alternating with periods of depression.
bipolar disorder
This type of therapy uses low doses of electric shock to the brain and general anesthetics to reduce the unpleasant side effects.
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
These are the leading causes of death for older adults.
heart disease, cancer, stroke, and Alzheimer’s disease
This is a main feature of a myth of common ancestry
ethnicity
This treatment type involves intensive, individualized services over an indefinite period of time.
psychiatric rehabilitation
These diseases result from chronic exposure to excess levels of stressors, which produce a general adaptation syndrome response.
diseases of adaptation
10-These individuals flee one area or country to seek shelter or protection from danger in another.
refugees
These are the types of important vaccinations for older adults.
pneumonia and influenza
The majority of Americans are referred to as this race.
White, non-Hispanic
People with good mental health are able to do these things.
Function under adversity, adapt to changes around them, and curb hate and guilt
What has the number of resident patients in state and county mental hospitals done since the 1950s?
declined significantly since the 1950s
These three kinds of power are associated with empowerment.
social, political, and psychological
These are tasks are describes as instrumental tasks.
Housekeeping, transportation, and assistance with business affairs
This concept describes how race, class, gender, and other individual characteristics overlap.
intersectionality
This the book that is the most influential in mental health.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition
This is the leading cause of disability in North America and Europe.
mental illness
This race has consistently higher infant mortality rates.
African American
This gender has shorter life expectancies.
male
These individuals migrate from one country to another for the purpose of seeking permanent residence.
immigrants