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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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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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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UNIT 4222-619 Understand mental health problems (CMH 302) Outcome 1 Know the main forms of mental ill health 1. Describe the main types of mental ill health according to the psychiatric (dsm/icd) classification system: Mood Disorders Mood disorder is the term designating a group of diagnoses in the Diagnostic and statistic manual of mental disorders (DSM IV TR) classification system where a disturbance in the person’s mood is hypothesized to be the main underlying feature. The classification
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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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Unit CMH 302 Understand mental health problems Unit aim 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 of this model and look at alternative frameworks for understanding mental distress. The focus of the unit is on understanding the different ways in which mental health problems impact on the individual and others in their social network
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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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CT261 Aims Understand Mental Health Problems 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 of this model and look at alternative frameworks for understanding mental distress. The focus of the unit is on understanding the different ways in which mental health problems impact on the individual and others in their social network. It also considers
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Concepts of Ill Health Disability and Impairment The words disability and impairment are used in a variety of different ways and can often be quite difficult to define clearly particularly the word disability. Tom Shakespeare (1998) a campaigner for disabled rights and writer on disability‚ genetics and bio-ethics who has achondroplasia‚ a form of dwarfism‚ formalized a distinction between the two words. Disability – Tom Shakespeare sees disability as being a problem which occurs when society
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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 or infirmity”
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