FRHD 3090 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Acute Stress Reaction, Bipolar Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 3090
• Professor: Michelle Preyde

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Refer to diminished capacities whether cognitive, emotional, attentional, interpersonal, motivational, or behavioural o. That interfere with a person"s enjoyment of life or adversely affect interaction with society and the environment (e. g. low s-e, burn out, stress, excess worrying) *make sure to know that the length of time people is in poverty is important in measuring poverty therefore measuring poverty is in terms of depth and length. Refer to clinically significant patterns of behavioural or emotional function that are associated with some level of distress, suffering or impairment in one or more areas of functioning (e. g. work, school, social and family interactions) Caused by complex interactions between physical, psychological, social, biological and hereditary influences. People first movement -> move people with mental illness (& intellectual disabilities etc. ) in to the community o. Started to de-institutionalize ~ 60 years ago: march 2009, ontario closed last 3 of its large scale government operated institutions. Possible with the development of effective" psychotic drugs.