LEC 12 - Revisiting Mental Health & Illness

Question 1

Over last 100 Years

Answer 1

Pop diagnosed w/ mental illness has increased considerably.
* Rates of disability owing to mental illness climbing.
* Number of disorders increased 4x

Question 2

Mental heathcare operates within biomedical framework

Answer 2

Mental health problems arise from faulty (physiological)
mechanisms.
* These faculty processes occur largely independent of context.
* “Objective” technological interventions the best solution

Question 3

Fixing DSM?

Answer 3

Tightening criteria.
*Acknowledge social
construction, cultural
limits.
*Greater transparency.
*Demedicalization