Mental Health
Mental health is best defined as ______.
a relative state of emotional well-being in which one is free from incapacitating conflicts and is consistently able to make rational decisions and cope with environmental stresses and internal pressures
The only 100% preventable developmental disability is __________________.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
____________ is the term used to explain harmful behavior(s) that one may participate in.
Maladaptive.
What is an example of replacing common language with person-first language?
Provide an example
______________ is a highly individualized condition that substantially limits one or more physical activities in life (walking, climbing stairs, reaching, carrying,)
A physical challenge.
In the context of mental health, what does stigma refer to?
A sense of disgrace and shame that can be intentionally or unintentionally bestowed by others.
Alzheimer’s and other conditions involving dementia and delirium are included in which DSM-5 category?
Neurocognitive Disorder
DSM stands for what?
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
__________________________ vary in type, level, duration, degree, and need for individualized services and supports.
Intellectual disabilities.
OR
Bonus: What is ALL categories...!
____________ problems are in perception.
Hearing and visual problems.
How do mental health services vary from "behavioral health" services.
Behavioral health focus is prevention and promotion of well-being. Stigma reducing term.
Adolescents with physical, cognitive, or developmental challenges are more likely to be excluded from which of the following?
Homelessness
Criminalization
Donnie is preoccupied with food, has an irrational fear of being fat, exercises excessively at times, and goes through cycles of consuming huge amounts of food and subsequently ridding herself of it through self-induced vomiting or laxative use. What diagnosis would she most likely be given?
Bulimia nervosa.
Rates of physical challenges are growing due to __________________________.
Population aging and increases in chronic health conditions.
Licensed clinical social workers are directly responsible for ______.
assessing, diagnosing, and treating all forms of mental disorders
About what percentage of people live with a physical, cognitive, or developmental challenge?
15% of the world population.
What are psychotropic medications?
BONUS: Name one!
Medication used to treat mental illness, specifically to reduce mood or psychotic related symptoms.
Which of the following is a guideline established under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
Which condition is an example of a physical or mobility challenge?
Autism, Prader–Willi syndrome, Trisomy 21, Muscular dystrophy
Muscular dystrophy.
What does NAMI stand for and what do they do?
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Resources, education, support groups, advocacy, events.
_________________ is a neurobiological developmental disorder that generally appears before age 3 and affects normal development of the brain in areas of social interaction, communication skills, and cognitive functions.
Autism.
What is the Mental Health Parity Act?
Equal annual and lifetime dollar limits for mental health physical health coverage.
Goal: to reduce treatment limitations
______ is a social process whereby human experience is culturally defined as pathological and treatable as a medical condition.
Medicalization
Name and define one protection (or act) for people living with disabilities
See page 234 table 8.1