(10) A journey with Mental Health

Question 1

Why is it called the invisible disability?

Answer 1

Determining if an individual has a mental illness isn’t easy or obvious, if you’ve lived with it for so long you might not even notice

Question 2

What are the most common mental illnesses?

Answer 2

Anxiety, Depression, OCD, Bipolar, Schizophrenia and body image disorders

Question 3

What are the perspectives in mental health?

Answer 3

Medical model, Structural model, Critical disability and social constructionist.

Question 4

What is the medical model approach to mental illness?

Answer 4

Most common, diagnoses, gives meds, problem exists within the individual. 30-40% of people don’t have an effect from meds.

Question 5

What is the structural model to mental illness?

Answer 5

Mental illness is caused by inaquadit social systems or societal support

Question 6

What is the critical disability model to mental illness?

Answer 6

Environment disables us, school system only caters to one type of learner

Question 7

What is the social constructions model?

Answer 7

Mental illness is created by comparing people to a norm, mental illness doesn’t really exist, we just like labelling people.

Question 8

What is the MAD social movement?

Answer 8

Social movement to change understanding, people with mental illness disorders reclaiming the word mad, listen to mad people and look at their point of view, focuses on = equal human rights.

Question 9

social workers in mental illness

Answer 9

Advocate, councillor, case management, engagement and crises worker