Deconstructing Psychopathology Flashcards
Social constructionism involves questioning what makes something ______. Everything we have is about ______, and we experience the world through this ____. In this sense, knowledge isn’t _____ in and of itself, they only exist because we give them ______ through social _______ (other examples are nations, books, money). Even the “self” can be considered _______ on our ______ with others, and how we behave according to the _______ of society.
real constructs lens real reality agreement dependent relationship expectations
Neo-libralism typically used to describes __________, __________, the cutting back of ______ and ______ provision, the retraction of the state, and the idealisation of free-markets. Is psychology giving into this? Does psychology _________ difference?
privatisation
deregulation
social and welfare
marginalise
Taking into account social constructionism and neo libralism, the DSM-5 is a _____, a dictionary of ______ connected to _____ ______
construct
symbols
power relations
Decolonialism - this describes how psychology is mainly a _______ knowledge system. So how can we impose these beliefs on ________ cultures? Dominant cultures need to acknowledge their own _______, and ask if we are ________ discrimination through clinical practice
western
non-western
privilege
perpetuating
Several alternatives are considered - which are not necessarily \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_ to current psychological practice. These are: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
mutually exclusive
The Recovery Movement Power-Threat-Meaning Framework Trauma-Informed Care Community-based approaches Indigenous psychology Hearing Voices Movement Open Dialogue
The Recovery Movement says that a psychologist’s ______ and ______ knowledge is just as important as the patient’s ______ knowledge (which actually is often considered more important). It uses ____ to inspire _____, and states that patients can still live ______ _______ with a psychological disorder. This is in contrast to the medical model, which focuses on a return to a previous state of _______. It’s focus is on self-management of ______ and patient ________.
global and outside inside stories hope great lives state of functioning symptoms empowerment
The Power Threat Meaning framework is relatively new. Explain what is meant by these terms
Power - anything impacting on you, which in turn impacts resources available (e.g poverty, totalitarian government, disability)
Threat - kind of threat that negative power poses to the individual
Meaning - what meaning you give to all this - produced through societal and cultural discourse). Shapes the operation, experience, and expression of power and threat, and our responses
Power + Meaning + Threat lead to different
threat responses
The Power Threat Meaning framework asks “____ ____ to you” instead of “_____ _____ with you”.
This approach is similar to that of ____-____ care
what happened –> functional based
what’s wrong –> pathologising
trauma-informed
Community-based approaches focuses on getting psychologists…..?
It includes (1) ______ ______, (2) open _____, (3) _______ therapy and (4) _______ psychology
Out into the community
alcoholics anonymous
open dialogue –> early psychosis
narrative therapy –> from Australia
indigenous psychology
Indigenous psychology has also developed as a ______, predominantly as a reaction to _______ psychology. They place emphasis on _________ solving local problems (instead of imposing our ways on them). They generally prefer the term ______ and ______ ______ over “mental health”
discipline
westernised
non-westerners
social and emotional wellbeing
Open Dialogue is a growing therapy for early ______ developed in ______
psychosis
Finland
What is the Hearing Voices movement?
- focuses on holistic treatment model
- wants to normalise hearing voices
- distressing voices are interpreted to be a manifestation of solvable emotional problems (figuratively or literally)
What are the two recover typologies/stories that have emerged for psychosis?
- turning away - protective - escaping from voices - trying to “survive” the experience - medication in recovery emphasised
- turning towards - empowered - normalising voices - building skills to find meaning in voices and integrate into daily life - build a transformative identity
The Open Dialogue approach develops a _______ in the home for the patient. It develops ______ in the lives of the patient and their family. It involves many community members, aunts and uncles, teachers, doctor, peers, neighbours, each with an ______ voice and role in ______ _____. These people come together and just _____ (known as a ______ ______), don’t try and give a ______. Further, premature ______ and hasty _____ are avoided.
Importantly, the psychotic voices are _______ as potentially _____, alongside all others present. RCTs have shown efficacy of up to ____%!!!
network agency equal talk decision-making polyphonic dialogue diagnosis conclusions decisions
respected
meaningful
80%
