PSY 364 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Thomas R. Insel, Emotional And Behavioral Disorders, Cardiovascular Disease
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Toward a new understanding of mental illness - thomas insel. Lymphoblastic leukemia - most common cancer of children. 63% reduction (1. 1 million deaths averted every year) Live weeks, moths, couple of years can live decades now. Stroke - one of the biggest killers. Get person into emergency room within 3 hrs of onset about 30% can leave without any disability. Successes - due to early detection and intervention. Suicide - condition (not disease) - situation that leads to mortality. 3rd most common cause of death for people 15-25 years. More common as source of death than traffic fatalities. 90% related to a mental illness: depression, bipolar, schizophrenia, anorexia, borderline personality, etc. Often contribute - especially early in life. Disability adjusted life years (dalys) - who ---> way of trying to capture what is lost in terms of disability from medical causes. 30% of all disability from all medical causes can be attributed to mental disorders.
