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| 1st study on social class and MH |
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| Characteristics of 1st gen studies |
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Facility surveys
Specific diagnosis
Based on medical records |
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| Characteristics of 2nd gen studies |
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Household surveys
overall caseness rating |
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| Characteristics of 3rd gen studies |
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Diagnostic studies
Structured interviews |
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| Study characterized by using an ecological approach |
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| Findings from the Chicago study |
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| Psychosis prevalence related to city location (urban, low class areas) |
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| On what information did the Jarvis Commission rely? |
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| Major findings from the New Haven Study |
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| Psychosis was associated to lower SES class |
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| Major findings from the Stirling County Study |
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| Psychiatric caseness risk was increased with a disadvantaged position and disintegrated areas |
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| What are the components fo the tripartite model for the nature of anxiety? |
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Cognition (of fear)
Behavior (avoidance)
Physiology (symptoms) |
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| What are the DSM criteria defining a panic attack? |
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| To develop four or more symptoms and peaked within 10 mins |
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| Regarding the epidemiology of panic disorder, one can conclude that... |
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Prevalence depends on threshold of definition
Panic disorder is rare (1-4% LTP)
Course is widely varied |
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| Sociodemographic correlates of panic are... |
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| GAD is most frequent among... |
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Females
Low SES
Younger individuals |
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| What is the score in the Mini Mental that defines cognitive decline? |
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| Is gender a risk factor for AD? |
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| Not a significant factor in most studies, after controlling for longevity differences |
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| Three dimensions of the Autistic spectrum disorder |
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Social interaction
Communication
Stereotyped behaviors |
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| Name two types of diagnostic instruments for autism |
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1.Autism Diagnostic Interview (ADI.Structured interview with caregivers, 93 items, based on DSM and ICD criteria, cutoff score indicates dx
2. Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS). Semi structured standardized observation to assess behaviors |
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| Author of the UK-US study |
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| What is the Present state examination? |
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Developed by Wing 1960. Used in the UK-US study
Checklist of items pretaining last month mental state, some flexibility in follow up quiestions, used by lay interviewrs |
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| What are structured interviews? |
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Vervabitm questions
Examples: DIS, CIDI |
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| Goal of the life course perspective |
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| To analyze the relationship between social, behavioral, biological, and genetic factors as they develop throughout an individual's life, and to assess their association with later disease. |
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| Social selection theory states that... |
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| Mental disorders impair status attainment (SES) |
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| The causation theory states that... |
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| Conditions in life associated with low SES increase the risk of mental disorders (Eaton, 1980, 1985) |
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| Mental disorders are over-represented in lower strata |
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| Percentage of young adults that meet criteria for a mental disorder in industrialized countries |
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| Evidence on social status and MH |
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| No evidence for selection for internalizing and depression but selection associated with externalizing (CD & ADD) Miech, 1999 |
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| Strong evidence of causation hypothesis found consistently for |
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