chapter 8 Flashcards
what was there little systematic study of
mental health problems
where was the balance of power with
balance of power was very much with the physicians and not psyhcologists
what was the main focus of psyhcologists and pschiatrists
hysteria, abnormal fears and neurasthesia
ww11 gave huge impetus to the study and treatment of mental health
what resulted from this
-increased need to treat trauma responses
- a need to understand who would be more likly to suffer from trauma-realted issues and who was unfit to serve
- as a result, psychiatry and psyhcology were broigt into the spotlight and became national priorities
the need for mentla helaht treatment led to diversification of theraputitc approaches such as…
- psychoanalysis had little evidence to support it, was time consuming, and thereofre costly
- carl rodgers popularised person-centered therapy (1942)
- more solution focused
- a greater empahsis on the clients
- non- judgemental
the clients is the ‘expert’ not the therapist
a common way of defining mentlal health issues is developed:
1949: international classification of dieseases (ICD) includes mental disorders
1952: diagnostic and satistical manual or mental disorders (DSM) is published
due to increased research and better understanding of the brain, post 1945 there is a boom in the production of psychiatric drugs
1949- first mood stabiliser
1951- first antipsychotic
1955- firsy hypnotic
however there was little regulation or testing which lead to what…
.. lead to widespread overuse
psyhciatry also developed what…
a number of controversial biologicla ‘treatments’ ehich psychiatrists could perform on patients without their consent
including
- lobotomies
- insulin shock therapy
- elecroshock therapy
who ruled mental healthcare until there was a counter movement
it was ruled by psychiatry but in the 1950’s there was a countermovement
the key tenets of antipsychiatry
- the concept of mental illness has been inflated by psychiatyr and needlessly medicalises human ecperiences
- psychiatric drugs do not work as well as pychiatrists claim
- psychiatry as a professon has too much power
how does the antipsychiatry debate continue today
- psychiatrusts can still treat people against their will (mental health act)
- we still dont understand how most psychiatric medications world
there isnt an agreed way of defining ‘mental disorders ‘ - the number of possible mental disorders has continually risen since 1952
over the 20th century there was an increased need for psychological testing
- honestly testing- who is lying?
- aptitude testing- is someone fit for a job
- health- how can we diagnose a disease
- early psychologist were confidently in the newfound credibility of psyhcology- not realising the complexity of the mind
if you were deisgning a psychological test, what would you have to keep in mind
reliability and validity
what is psychological testing often used in
its often used to test the aptitude for jobs
what will i come across as a psychology graduate
personality test:
observed group task
how do interviews try to stay reliable and valid
- more than one interviewer
- common criteria for scoring each question
- discussion after each interview to moderate scores
