MBI 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Dementia, Major Depressive Disorder, Homicide
15 Nov 2016
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Care of alzhei(cid:373)er"s patie(cid:374)ts: continuous care/supervision becomes necessary, home care: family members and friends (unpaid care estimated at billion) impact on caregivers is significant. Financial consequences 19% of women caregivers must quit jobs: nursing home care. Expensive, family members may experience guilt and stress over the decision to. Mental health: emotional and social well being having the psychological resource for dealing with day to day problems of life. Health conditions characterized by alteration in thinking, mood, or behavior associated with distress and/or impaired functioning severe depression and schizophrenia. Anxiety disorders, sleeping and eating disorders: mental illness is the leading cause of disability in north america and europe, statistics. About 20% of american adults have a diagnosable mental illness in a given year. About 5% have a serious mental illness. About half of mentally ill people have more than one disorder. Only 38% of mentally ill people receive treatment: brain chemistry can go wrong.
