PBHL 2201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: National Health Interview Survey, Paranoid Personality Disorder, Intellectual Disability

• School: Temple University
• Department: Public Health
• Course: PBHL 2201
• Professor: Gregory Benjamin

Document Summary

Mental health-the psychological state of someone who is functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioral adjustment. The successful performance of mental function, resulting in productive activities, fulfilling relationships with other people, and the ability to adapt to change and to cope with adversity. Psychiatric epidemiology- the branch of epidemiology that studies the distribution and determinants of mental illness health. The dsm-v organizes each psychiatric diagnosis into five dimensions (axes) relating to different aspects of disorder or disability: Axis i: clinical disorders, including major mental disorders, and learning disorders/autism. Paranoid personality disorder, borderline personality, schizoid personality disorder. Axis iii: acute medical conditions and physical disorders. Brian injuries and other disorders which aggravate existing diseases or present symptoms similar to other disorder. About 1 in 5 us adults experience mental illness in a given year. About 1 in 25 this substantially interferes with or limits one or more major life activities.