Understand Mental Health Problems Learners Name: CHERYL BISHOP Workplace: AMBERSWOOD OLDER PERSONS DAY CENTRE Start Date: 04/12/12 Completion Date: ……………………………….. Registration Number: ………………………….. Unit code: CMH 302 Unit reference number: J/602/0103 QCF level: 3 Credit value: 3 This unit aims to provide the learner with knowledge of the main forms of mental health problems according to the psychiatric classification system. Learners also consider the strengths and limitations
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Emotions and Mental Health Chapter 8 Breckenridge and Vincent(1981) said that the emotional well-being is a primary factor in a child’s mental and personality development. A child inherits not only physical structure but also the psychological structures of emotional and mental potentiality called PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSTITUTION. This world is a complex place to live in. The tempo of change is fast and sometimes drastic. Changes may be in terms of technology‚ population explosion‚ politics‚ educational
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The main types of mental ill health according to the psychiatric (DSM/ICD) classification system e.g.: mood disorders‚ personality disorders‚ anxiety disorders‚ psychotic disorders‚ substance-related disorders‚ eating disorders‚ cognitive disorders‚ sexual and gender identity disorders Key strengths and limitations of the psychiatric classification system e.g. Strengths - developed by experts‚ clarity for practitioners‚ synthesis of knowledge‚ consistency‚ coherence‚ clarity for patients‚
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The population of offenders that I will be discussing is the group of the mentally ill in prisons. Mentally ill offenders are individuals with mental disorders‚ according to NAMI.org (National Alliance on Mental Illness)‚ a mental illness is “...a medical condition that disrupts a person’s thinking‚ feeling‚ mood‚ ability to relate to others and daily functioning. Just as diabetes is a disorder of the pancreas‚ mental illnesses are medical conditions that often result in a diminished capacity for coping
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Task a 103 1. Explain how individuals with dementia may communicate through their behaviour. Dementia sufferers communicate in many different ways. They may not be able to speak but they can communicate non-verbally with positive or negative behaviour. They can also communicate using body language and through posture. One service user who was blind was hard to settle‚ because he couldn’t see it was hard to communicate‚ he was unable to express himself verbally and he was very anxious and
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society there are many different sociological approaches to health and ill health. Within society there are many different perspectives towards whom the responsibility for health falls upon and also what defines people as ill? Your health is defined by the general condition of your body and mind. An illness is defined by an impairment of normal physical or mental function. To help explain the different sociological approaches to health and ill health I will be referring to the case study of Aziz and Tamsela
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MENTAL HEALTH PACK 1. Evaluate two different views on the nature of mental well-being and mental health: The term well-being can be used in different ways The New Economic Foundation describes well-being as how people experience their own lives. It is more than the absence of problems and illness‚ personal and social factors‚ and it is not just about happiness but enabling individuals and communities to do well in life and flourish. In 2011‚ the Government defined mental health as “The art
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assess the part played by personality in making some individuals more prone to ill health than others. Health is most often described as being about the absence of illness or disease. However‚ health is not simply about physical symptoms‚ but it also encompasses our mental health and social well-being. The most common definition of health is that provided by the World Health Organisation (WHO). “Health is a state of complete physical‚ mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease
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Mental health is a state of the well-being in where a person realizes what their abilities are. It determines what how a person handles the stress‚ work and how to take part in the society. The main factors are how a person thinks‚ emote‚ interacts with one another. The determinants of mental health are multiple social‚ psychological and biological factors. These factors help determine the mental health of a person. Examples are a persistent socio economic are pressured into risks of mental health
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Know the main forms of mental ill health 1.1 Mood disorders – People who suffer mood disorders suffer from severe or prolonged mood states that disrupt their daily living. Personality disorders- Personality disorders are conditions in which an individual differs significantly from an average person‚ in terms of how they think‚ perceive‚ feel or relate to others. Anxiety disorders- Anxiety is a feeling of anxiety such as worry or fear that can be mild or sever. Everyone has feelings of anxiety at
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