HLSC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Stirling County Rfc, Panic Disorder, Mental Disorder
7 Dec 2016
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Mental health is one"s psychological and emotional condition. Focuses both on negative and positive aspects. Clinically recognizable set of symptoms or behaviours associated in most cases with distress and with interference with personal functions - who icd - 10 definition. Interferes with people going about their everyday lives. A behavioural or psychological syndrome or pattern that occurs in an individual. Consequences of which are clinically significant distress (eg. painful symptom) or disability (id. Impairment in one or more important areas of functioning) Must not be merely an expectable response to common stressors and losses. We want to know if there are differences which allow allocating different resources that may require services more than others. Measures levels of distress, positive affect (positive emotions) During the past month, that is, from one month to yesterday, about how often did you feel: Based on checklist of symptoms and interference. Cidi depression short form (cidi-sf) (1 of 3)
