HLSC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Self-Harm, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder
25 Feb 2016
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Mental health: across lifespan, health is influenced by key determinants such as education, income, employment, social status, genetics, the transition from adolescence to adulthood poses specific challenges to health- especially mental health. Many mental health problems become illnesses in late teens / early adulthood. Some mental illnesses are highest in young adulthood. Ex. anxiety, depression, schizophrenia and suicide are higher among 15-24 year olds than adults 24+ years. What is mental health: according to health canada. A state of well-being in which an individual realizes his/her own abilities; can cope with normal stresses of life; can work productively; is able to contribute to his/her community: according to the institute of medicine (iom)* Mental illness is a condition that meets the dsm-5 diagnostic criteria for mental or substance abuse disorders, thus includes the presence of both significant levels of symptomatology and impairment in functioning.
