HLSC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Stirling County Rfc, Suicide Attempt, Stressor
27 Jan 2018
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5:21 pm: nationally it seems that the majority of 18-19 year olds have good excellent mental health, our class has a much lower perceived mental health than the average, could be contributed from stress. What is mental health: me(cid:374)tal health is o(cid:374)e"s psy(cid:272)hologi(cid:272)al a(cid:374)d e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)al (cid:272)o(cid:374)ditio(cid:374) It focuses on both positive and negative aspects. What is mental illness/mental disorder: a clinically recognizable set of symptoms or behaviours associated in most cases with distress and with interference with personal functions who icd-10 definition. Types of mental illness: mood disorders, anxiety disorders, psychoses, dementia, substance use disorders, sleep disorders, sexual disorders, childhood and developmental disorders, personality disorders. How do we measure mental health at the individual level and. Population level: first, why do we differentiate between individual and population-level, ask people how they feel, doctor visit. Instruments: measures of distress, positive effect, population (community) surveys. How do we measure mental illness and population prevalence of.
