How does the WHO characterize mental disorders?
An abnormal set of thoughts, perceptions, emotions, behaviours, and relationships with others.
What lifetime prevalence of mental disorders does the WHO estimate?
25% of the world’s population.
What may people with mental disorders experience in everyday life?
Exclusion, discrimination, and stigma.
Which three stigma types did Erving Goffman identify in *Stigmate, les usages sociaux des handicaps* (1975)?
Bodily deformity, character flaws, and tribal stigma.
What does the 2005–2006 French Senate information report say about dangerousness and mental disorder?
Neither dangerousness nor mental disorder necessarily implies the other, and dangerousness is not necessarily permanent.
Which source presented the cited recommendations for mental health services?
Roelandt & Caria, 2007.
What should mental-health systems integrate, according to Roelandt and Caria (2007)?
Promotion, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, care, and social reintegration.
Whose expertise should inform mental-health service planning, according to Roelandt and Caria (2007)?
Patients’ and carers’ expertise.
Which core pattern characterizes borderline personality disorder in the DSM-V?
A pervasive pattern of instability in relationships, self-image, and affects, with marked impulsivity.
Which study found borderline personality disorder poorly understood and highly stigmatized?
Greiner et al., 2022.
Which source defines psychopathology as the science of mental suffering?
Larousse, *Le Grand Dictionnaire de la psychologie*, 1999.
Which methods do Bouvet and Boudoukha say psychopathology uses?
Clinical and experimental methods.
Which work by Bouvet and Boudoukha defines psychopathology, and when was it published?
*22 grandes notions en psychologie clinique et psychopathologie*, 2014.
What distinguishes psychopathology from psychiatry in Bouvet and Boudoukha’s account?
Psychiatry also encompasses therapy, prophylaxis, and rehabilitation.
Which four conceptions of normality does the course identify?
Statistical, ideal or societal, functional, and subjective.
Which curve illustrates the statistical conception of normality applied to IQ?
The Gaussian curve.
What is the mean IQ in the Gaussian model of normality?
100.
What is the standard deviation in the Gaussian IQ model?
15.
How many member states does the WHO comprise?
194 member states.
Which source reported that over 25% may experience mental or behavioural disorders during their lifetime?
Almeida-Filho et al., 1997.
What proportion of people with mental disorders had multiple disorders, according to the WHO?
79%.
What two burdens are associated with mental illness?
Substantial suffering and very high economic costs.
Which source reported that 90% had overcome a significant problem during the previous year?
Gurin, 1990.
Which social influence did Pignon et al. (2017) link to stigma toward psychiatric disorders?
Social representations conveyed by the media, particularly after violent news stories involving people with mental illness.
What does the Declaration of Helsinki establish for medical research involving human beings?
Ethical principles and recommendations.
Which abandonment-related manifestation does the DSM-V associate with borderline personality disorder?
Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment.
In how many potentially harmful areas must impulsivity occur in the DSM-V manifestation list?
At least two.
How long do intense mood episodes usually last in the DSM-V description?
Hours, and rarely more than a few days.
Which additional DSM-V manifestations of borderline personality disorder did the American Psychiatric Association describe?
Chronic emptiness, intense or poorly controlled anger, and transient stress-related paranoia or severe dissociation.
How many francophone care professionals did Greiner et al. (2022) survey?
126 professionals.
Which study identified knowledge gaps about borderline personality disorder’s sex ratio, suicide rate, and harmful behaviours?
Greiner et al., 2022.
Which authors studied adolescents’ representations of eating disorders in 2012?
Rousseau, Callahan, and Chabrol.
How many participants were in the 2012 study of adolescents’ eating-disorder representations?
942 participants.
What age range did participants in the 2012 eating-disorder study span?
13 to 18 years.
Which disorders’ associated physical and psychological characteristics did the 2012 study examine?
Anorexia and bulimia.
Which 2004 survey examined attitudes toward the terms “mad,” “mentally ill,” and “depressed”?
The SMPG survey.
Which organization analysed the 2004 SMPG survey?
Drees.
How can knowledge of public representations of mental disorders help prevention?
It can inform the design of prevention programmes.
How does Piéron define psychopathology?
The study of mental disorders in their description, classification, mechanisms, and development.
Which disciplines inform Capdevielle and Doucet’s account of psychopathology?
Psychiatry, psychology, psychoanalysis, sociology, linguistics, and other disciplines.
What does Fouques and Bioy’s definition of psychopathology describe and study?
The description, study, and understanding of functioning designated abnormal, whether or not related to mental illness.
Which work and authors describe psychopathology as transversal to psychiatry, clinical psychology, and psychoanalysis?
Fouques et Bioy, *Psychologie Clinique et Psychopathologie*, 2020.
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1. How does the WHO characterize mental disorders?
2. What proportion of the world’s population does the WHO estimate experiences a mental disorder during their lifetime?
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