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What is well-being?
Concept: Promoting Positive Health and Well-being
Ritik uses imagery and imagination to reduce his stress levels. Identify the technique being used by Ritik.
Concept: Coping with Stress
Assertion (A): Psychological Stress is the stress that we generate for ourselves in our minds.
Reason (R): These psychological stresses do not have any impact on our physiological being.
Concept: Nature, Types and Sources of Stress
Describe Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome.
Concept: Effects of Stress on Psychological Functioning and Health
Distinguish between obsessions and compulsions.
Concept: Major Psychological Disorders
What do you understand by the term ‘dissociation’?
Concept: Major Psychological Disorders
State any two differences between somatic symptom and illness anxiety disorder.
Concept: Major Psychological Disorders
Radhika has been diagnosed with generalised anxiety disorder. Explain the development of this disorder with the help of the diathesis-stress model.
Concept: Major Psychological Disorders
Describe the defining symptoms of oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder.
Concept: Concepts of Abnormality and Psychological Disorders
Describe some of the identifying symptoms of different types of dissociative disorders.
Concept: Major Psychological Disorders
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Mental health professionals have attempted to understand psychological disorders using different approaches through the ages. Today, we have sophisticated facilities and hospitals dedicated to the treatment of the mentally ill. While studying the history of psychological disorders it is interesting to note that some practices from ancient times are still in use. Take the case of Lakshmi and her daughter, Maya. Maya exhibits abnormal behaviours and Lakshmi believes that this is because of evil spirits that have possessed her. She has been taking her daughter to a self-proclaimed healer, who uses counter-magic and prayer to cure her. Stigma and lack of awareness prevents Lakshmi from using the modern facilities and hospitals that provide quality mental health care. On the other hand, when young Rita reported seeing people and hearing voices, mental health professionals at a modern facility were able to understand her hallucinations using a convergence of three approaches. Psychologists use official manuals like the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – 5 th Edition (DSM-5) and International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) to indicate presence or absence of disorders. Today there is increased compassion for people who suffer from disorders and a lot of emphasis is placed on providing community care. |
Identify the method used by the healer to cure Maya’s illness. How does this theory from ancient times explain Maya’s treatment?
Concept: Concepts of Abnormality and Psychological Disorders
What are dissociative disorders?
Concept: Major Psychological Disorders
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Mental health professionals have attempted to understand psychological disorders using different approaches through the ages. Today, we have sophisticated facilities and hospitals dedicated to the treatment of the mentally ill. While studying the history of psychological disorders it is interesting to note that some practices from ancient times are still in use. Take the case of Lakshmi and her daughter, Maya. Maya exhibits abnormal behaviours and Lakshmi believes that this is because of evil spirits that have possessed her. She has been taking her daughter to a self-proclaimed healer, who uses counter-magic and prayer to cure her. Stigma and lack of awareness prevents Lakshmi from using the modern facilities and hospitals that provide quality mental health care. On the other hand, when young Rita reported seeing people and hearing voices, mental health professionals at a modern facility were able to understand her hallucinations using a convergence of three approaches. Psychologists use official manuals like the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – 5 th Edition (DSM-5) and International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) to indicate presence or absence of disorders. Today there is increased compassion for people who suffer from disorders and a lot of emphasis is placed on providing community care. |
Which approach do you think would best explain Rita’s treatment? How do you think DSM-5 and ICD-10 help mental health professionals in indicating the presence or absence of disorders?
Concept: Concepts of Abnormality and Psychological Disorders
Which of the following is/are true about psychological disorders in the middle ages?
- Demonology and superstition were used as explanations for psychological disorders.
- Mental anguish and conflict were considered reasons for psychological disorders.
- Disturbed interpersonal relationships were emphasised to explain mental disorders.
- There was an emphasis on deinstitutionalization for people with psychological disorders.
Concept: Concepts of Abnormality and Psychological Disorders
While paying bills, Sanjana was suddenly overwhelmed by anxiety. Her heart pounded, she felt like she couldn’t breathe, and she became dizzy. This was most likely to be ______.
Concept: Major Psychological Disorders
Brijesh, an accountant, went on a work trip and never returned home. Years later, he was found by a friend in another city, where he was working as a labourer. He was living with a new identity and had no memory of his past. Brijesh’s symptoms are indicative of ______.
Concept: Major Psychological Disorders
Ivaan experiences distress and is constantly complaining of snakes crawling inside his stomach. Identify the disorder and the symptom that Ivaan is experiencing. Explain any one negative symptom of this disorder.
Concept: Major Psychological Disorders
State the factors which predispose an individual to depression.
Concept: Major Psychological Disorders
Read the case and answer the questions that follow.
| Malay, a student of class IX, was referred to a mental health clinic with complaints of stealing money, excessive lying, setting fire to household items, teasing young girls of the locality, and passing lewd remarks and making obscene gestures. The onset was about three years ago and has increased over the past eight months. Of late, he has started using alcohol and spending more time outdoors with friends of similar interests. School reports suggested the gradual development of inappropriate behaviours such as openly defying rules in school, playing truant, instigating fellow students to pass silly remarks in class, and disrespectful attitude towards elders ultimately resulting in frequent school absenteeism, mixing with local goons, and excessive aggression. Further investigation revealed that the family history is disturbed, the relationship with the father was extremely hostile and there were frequent conflicts among the family members. Birth and developmental milestones are normal. |
Identify the disorder Malay is exhibiting. Distinguish it from Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
Concept: Major Psychological Disorders
Read the case and answer the question that follows.
| Malay, a student of class IX, was referred to a mental health clinic with complaints of stealing money, excessive lying, setting fire to household items, teasing young girls of the locality, and passing lewd remarks and making obscene gestures. The onset was about three years ago and has increased over the past eight months. Of late, he has started using alcohol and spending more time outdoors with friends of similar interests. School reports suggested the gradual development of inappropriate behaviours such as openly defying rules in school, playing truant, instigating fellow students to pass silly remarks in class, and disrespectful attitude towards elders ultimately resulting in frequent school absenteeism, mixing with local goons, and excessive aggression. Further investigation revealed that the family history is disturbed, the relationship with the father was extremely hostile and there were frequent conflicts among the family members. Birth and developmental milestones are normal. |
The symptoms that Malay is exhibiting are different from the symptoms of Oppositional Defiant Disorder. Justify this statement.
Concept: Major Psychological Disorders
