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Co-morbidity
Two or more diagnosis/disorders (substance abuse and mental health) |
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How mental disorders develop across time and human development
Medical model term that studies mental conditions |
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Degree or condition of illness
The level/degree of outcome or experience
The quality of being |
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Continuing degree
A long time occurrence (may describe length of time when a person experienced condition; the duration of) |
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| An interruption in social functioning |
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The ability to handle stressors and having the capacity to deal with them
Remaining in the present |
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| Ones ability to deal with stressors and difficult situations |
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| Ability to recover (bounce back) from difficult, negative or adverse situations |
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| To worsen, aggravate or make severe |
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The ability to process thoughts and speech
Association with awareness |
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| First interruption of social functioning |
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Lingering affect
After affects of an experience
Usually associated with schizophrenia |
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A negative outcome
Harmful
Undesirable |
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Felipe, middle-aged, married, and the father of four children is laid off from his job. He has been home one year after serving in the military in Iraq. Felipe reports frequent nightmares, from which he awakens in cold sweats. He recalls recurrent nightmares in which he watches soldiers being blown by a bomb. In his dreams he relives the bombing. He is unable to watch t.v. or listen to the radio because "everything reminds him of Iraq." He verbalizes feeling guilty because he "made it home alive." Felipe's alcohol intake is increasing daily, he states "it helps me relax and fall asleep quicker." He reports getting into fights with family members. Felipe reports feeling sad and "on edge". Based on the substance abuse counselor's clinical impressions which one of the following categories would best capture the experience presented in the vignette?
a. Schizophrenia
b. Major Depressive Disorder
c. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
d. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder |
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| c. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder |
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Barbara, mid-40s, has relapsed after two years, of sobriety. She reports that for the past year she has been working and taking care of her husband and children. She states that in the last year she has felt overwhelmed by the fear of losing her job, despite receiving positive evaluations from her supervisor. She worries, constantly about her "doom day." She has trouble concentrating at work and worries about her co-workers talking about her. She states worrying about her children's grades, despite them being "A" students. She also worries about her husband cheating on her, although she says that he never cheated on her while she was using. She reports that her husband always comes home from work and is home during the weekends. She reports being irritable and having difficulty sleeping. Based on the substance abuse-counselor's clinical impressions which one of the following categories would best capture the experience presented in the vignette?
a. Acute Stress Disorder
b. Panic Disorder
c. Major Depressive Disorder
d. Generalized Anxiety Disorder |
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| d. Generalized Anxiety Disorder |
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