Trauma − Vicarious trauma (also known as secondary trauma) is trauma that you experience because you hear about other peoples traumatic experiences − A response to witnessing the 1st [...]
Risk factors Genetics Biochemical Pre & post-natal influences Individual temperament Psychosocial development Infancy & rarly Childhood General behaviour areas to assess Internalising problems rxternalising behaviours Specific behaviour areas [...]
− People with serious mental and physical illness fall through the gaps between physical and mental health care systems EPIDEMIOLOGY − People with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) experience [...]
Personality is defined as a fixed continuing pattern of behaving and relating to self, others and the environment; it includes perceptions, attitudes and emotion Personality disorders − Are diagnosed [...]
Fear- A state where a person feels a strong sense of dread towards a specific object/event Stress- Physical, emotional, psychological, social or spiritual reaction from a situation/event/condition stimulated in [...]
− Any substance (with the exception of food and water) which alters the body’s function either physically and/or psychologically − May be legal or illegal Psychopharmacology of [...]
− Australian prevalence of depression is 1 in 7 − 3rd highest burden of disease in Australia − MDD (Major depressive Disorder) associated with high mortality rate (suicide) [...]
Psychosis- − People who have changes in their: Perception- see or hear things that others may not Thinking- disordered; inability to think logically/rationally Behaviour- withdrawal, irritability Emotional responses- blunted [...]
Contemporary perspectives- Least restrictive treatment à community focused care Influences in practice: Increased effectiveness/availability of psychotropic medications Classification of mental illness Beacon Project (National Mental Health Seclusions & restraint) [...]
Mental illness- A health problem that affects how a person feels/thinks/behaves or interacts with other people Its diagnosed according to standardised criteria Mental health- “A state of complete [...]
