Chapter 1

Mental Health and

Mental Illness

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Five Signs of Mental Health

● Happiness
● Control over behavior
● Appraisal of reality
● Effectiveness in work
● Healthy self-concept

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Some attributes of mental health

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Influences that can have an impact on an individual’s
mental health

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Epidemiology

Quantitative study of distribution of mental

disorders in human populations
Investigations:
● Descriptive
Produce basic estimates of rates in populations
● Analytic
Explore illness rates among different groups and
identifies risk factors
● Experimental
Test assumptions between a risk factor and a
disorder
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Clinical Epidemiology

Concerned with what happens to people with

illnesses who are seen by care providers
● Studies natural history of an illness
● Studies diagnostic screening tests
● Studies interventions used to treat people with
the illness or symptoms

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Mental health continuum of biologically based disorders

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