Foundations of Learning: Mental Health - Lecture 6 Flashcards
Simone Biles
Withdrew from initial competition because of mental health concerns.
What was causing Biles’ withdrawal?
System has failed because it’s pushed her and other athletes to be the best and it took a toll on her. Sexual abuse also contributed to it.
Had thoughts of wanting to die and openly accepting his mental illness was getting to him.
Michael Phelps
One of the first NBA Players to come out with struggles in mental health
Demar Derozan
What was the common stereotype people responded with when celebrities came out with mental illness
Not a good athlete, not mentally tough
People will slip into abusive ways to cope such as alcohol and drugs
Demar Derozan’s take on how NBA players deal with mental health issues
Main Stereotype
You need to be tough and show mental strength. You as an individual is second to the you who is competing.
What about Physicians?
Doctors, Surgeons are burnt out, not just athletes who are struggling with mental health issues.
Mental Illness?
Described as disturbances in thoughts, feelings, and perceptions affecting day to day functioning.
Mental Health?
State of well being that everyone has. Just like physical health we need to take care of mental health. It isn’t simply the absence of mental illness
6 Common factors of what good mental health looks like
1) Sense of Purpose
2) Strong Relationships
3) Feeling connected to others
4) Having a good sense of self
5) Coping with stress
6) Enjoying life
Billie Eillish, Beethoven, Lady Gaga, Charles Darwin
Had mental illness issues be still overcame them to be known in this world.
Myth of mental illness
A stereotype that you need to be mentally ill to be successful but that’s not true
DSM 5
Handbook that identifies and diagnose mental disorders.
Advantages of DSM 5
1) Standardization
2) Guides research
3) Guides treatment
Disadvantages of DSM 5
1) It oversimplifies the human behaviour so you can’t just diagnose someone based on a few matching terms
2) Misdiagnosing
3) Labels that can lead to stigmatization
4) Cultural biases
ICD 10
Handbook used in Europe and reflects diversity better
Indigenous Models
Another alternate to DSM V and ICD 10
What’s unique about the Indigenous Model
It connects perspectives of mental health to family, community and land. Cultural wounds require cultural medicines
Focault’s Notion of Power in Mental Illness
People would socially construct illnesses.
Focaults central question around mental illness
To what extent of society’s view of madness is because of attitudes society has towards it?
- Essentially what we know about mental health is the biases we have assigned to it.
Madness study
We believe that distress is purely in one’s head, and we don’t take into the social forces or cultural forces that actually affect the individual. We see it as them just overthinking and being abnormal
