HLSC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Antisocial Personality Disorder, Recognizable Set, Panic Disorder
22 Nov 2016
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Stability; mental health refers to one"s ability to be affected by things, how well we respond to certain situations. Mental health is one"s psychological and emotional condition. Focuses on both positive and negative aspects. A clinically recognizable set of symptoms or behaviours associated in most cases with distress and with interference with personal functions. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm-5) The dsm-5 defines mental illnesses as a behavioural or psychological syndrome a pattern that occurs in an individual. How do we measure mental health at the individual and population levels: Based on checklist of symptoms and interference. Standardized clinical interviews, based on the symptoms. Ethnographic studies (eg: stirling county, nova scotia) Stem questions asked using a, past 12 months span. During the past 12 months, how often did you experience . Term mental illness has many social connotations attached to it, as opposed to mental health.
