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Mental Health and Illness
An Epidemiological Perspective
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Mental Health and Illness - Health - Lecture Slides, Slides of Public Health
This lecture belongs to lecture series on Health. Almost all topics related to health are covered in this course. Key points in this lecture are: Mental Health and Illness, Epidemiological Perspective, Teaching and Learning Aims, Diagnosis is Largely, More of an Art Than a Science, Holistic Approach, Personality, Subconscious Mind, Affective Disorders, Schizophrenia
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Mental Health and Illness
An Epidemiological Perspective
Teaching and Learning Aims
There is ignorance,superstition, stigma andfear around Mental Illness
Aetiology, pathogenesisdiagnosis and treatmentare imperfect.
There is a differentparadigm and a lessrigorous epidemiology
More of an art than a science
Treatment is pragmatic
Prevention is about thepolitics of health
“populations,peoplepressures, poverty”
Mental Health is a worldwide
problem
We are all vulnerable
A Holistic Approach
BODY
MIND
SPIRIT
Arrow of Time
CULTURE
Personality
Each human being isunique
We all have differentpersonalities
My personalityreflects geneticinheritance andEnvironment
Behaviour
SUPER-EGO
EGO ID
The Parent The Adult
The Child
A Classification
Affective Disorders
Anxiety,depression,mania,obsessionaldisorders
Schizophrenia
Simple,Hebephrenic,Catatonic,paranoid
Organic states
Delirium,dementia
Personality Disorder
Abnormal personality,Psychopathy
Substance abuse problemsDrugs, alcoholLearning disordersSubnormality
The Classification of Mental Illness
:
The Neuroses
Depression, Anxiety, Mania, Obsessions and compulsions
(usually the patient retains insight and orientation; they
experience deep distress and may commit suicide)
The Psychoses
Schizophrenia, puerperal psychosis
(the patient is disorientated, deluded, and lacking in insight)
The Dementias
Progressive deterioration with loss of recent memory and
deterioration of a normal personality,
They may be primary or more commonly secondary to
another condition e.g. alcohol, stroke
The Classification of Mental Illness
Drug Problems Addictive drugs, (Heroin, Cocaine, Amphetamines,) alcoholand drug related illness-psychosis, delirium and dementia Personality Disorders A personality and behaviour that is damaging to the individualand/or to society and which is not tolerated by the dominantculture Mental subnormality/learning disorders: Problems around intelligence and ability to learn on the basisof teaching and experience
Aetiology
Inheritance
-Genetics/Intra-
uterine environmentSchizophrenia,Huntington’s
Infections
HIV,Syphilis,CJD
Drug Abuse Alcohol,Heroin etc
Trauma
/head injury
Biochemistry/metabolic Porphyria,Diabetes
Vascular
-CVA
Neurological diseases MS,Brain tumour
Upbringing Mothering,education,parenting
Nutrition
/PCM
Preventive Networks
Church,Family, Home, Friends,
Work
The Mental Health Act
Compulsory PsychiatricTreatmentCriminal responsibilityPower of attorney