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Psychology (Mental Health)

Question 1 of 11

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what is mental health?

Select one of the following:

  • the capacity of an individual to interact with others and the environment in ways that promote subjective well-being, optimal development throughout the lifespan and effective use of the persons cognitive, emotional and social abilities

  • psychological dysfunction dysfunction usually associated with distress, impairment in the ability to cope with everyday life, and thoughts, feelings and/or behaviour that are not typical of the person or appropriate within their culture

  • - if a person struggles or is unable to do the kinds of things they normally do each day

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Question 2 of 11

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what is a psychotic illness

Select one of the following:

  • A psychotic illness, commonly referred to as psychosis involves loss of contact with reality. They have difficulty making sense of their thoughts, feelings or what is happening around them

  • remain in touch with reality despite their dysfunctional thoughts, feelings and behaviour

  • someone goes crazy

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Question 3 of 11

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what are the type main approaches when diagnosing mental illness?

Select one of the following:

  • humanistic and trait

  • categorical and dimensional

  • thinking and feeling

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Question 4 of 11

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the categorical approach is a "yes-no" approach to classification

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 5 of 11

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what is impaired ability

Select one or more of the following:

  • does not necessarily indicate mental illness alone

  • if a person struggles or is unable to do the kind of things they normally do each day

  • a disability

  • can do things at a very fast rate without any breaks

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Question 6 of 11

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what is inclusion criteria

Select one of the following:

  • symptoms that must be present in order for the disorder to be diagnosed

  • symptoms that must not be present in order for the disorder to be diagnosed

  • symptoms which are characteristics of the disorder and therefore enable the assessment of the presence of the disorder

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Question 7 of 11

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What does DSM stand for ?

Select one of the following:

  • Doing -Sensing-Management

  • Diagnostic-Statistical-Manual

  • Diagnosis-Stats-Mental

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Question 8 of 11

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diagnostic criteria is most commonly viewed as a cluster or related psychological and/or behavioural characteristics that tend to occur together and can be measured

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 9 of 11

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a key feature of the dimensional approach that a mental disorder is not considered in terms of whether it is present or absent-rather the focus is on grading a person in terms of the degree or severity on particular dimensions

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 10 of 11

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what is a strength to the dimensional approach?

Select one of the following:

  • the emphasis on quantifying dimensions on scales can provide a richer and more detailed description of a person’s mental health state in the form of a profile

  • for most disorders listed in the DSM or ICD, there is no standardised inventory or system to support mental health professionals in using a dimensional approach

  • very time consuming and detailed

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Question 11 of 11

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The ICD consists of .....

Select one or more of the following:

  • identifying the disorder that best matches or reflects the symptom presented by the individual

  • a detailed description of each disorder listed

  • causes of the disorder

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