NSE 13A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Reduced Affect Display, Facial Expression
12 Sep 2016
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Nse 13 winter week mental status assessment. Mental health is an ongoing state of well being, in which individuals realize their abilities, cope with normal stressors of life, work productively and contribute to the community. Mental disorder is a medical term for mental illness and deals with a level of impairment and distress. 20% of canadians personally experience a diagnosed mental illness during their lifetime. 1 in 3 expected to experience a mental health problem influential factors: emotional problems, social network, self knowledge, self control and common sense, as well as broader community , social determinants of health. Social determinants of health, intergenerational, historical trauma and ongoing discrimination. B: examination focus on the functional assessment, physical assessment, collaboration with others. Mental status: involves emotional and cognitive functioning. Structured way of observing and describing a person"s current state of mind. Domains of abct-perform if you discover any abnormality in mood or behaviour.
