March 30 - Mental Health and Illness Flashcards
What are mental disorders?
Alterations in thinking mood or behaviour associated with significant distress and impaired functioning
What is the prevalence of mental disorders?
20% have one
80% know someone with one
50% will experience one by 40, 65-70% by 90
one third of all disabilities
450 million people at any given time
can affect anyone
What are the two dimensions of Mental Disorders?
Experience of disorder - Tangible dimension
How people perceive and treat those with mental illnesses - Social dimension
Which group is most likely to be affected with mental health disorder
LGBTQ group
What is substance abuse disorder?
when you rely on a drug so much that fail to meet the daily obligation of your life
What are the rates of mental disorders between men and women?
Equal overall
What are the types of mental illness men usually experience?
Antisocial Personality disorder
Substance abuse disorder
conduct disorder
What are the types of mental illness women usually experience?
depression, anxiety
Among which groups are mental health disorders higher?
lower socioeconomic groups
What is the highest predictor of mental health disorder?
socioeconomic status
What is the social causation hypothesis?
more life stresses and fewer resources characterize the lives of the lower class, contributing to the rise of the mental disorders
Social selection hypothesis?
People with mental disorders fall into lower socioeconomic strata because of difficulties of daily functioning
What is rate of mental disorder in individuals with regard to age?
higher rates in adolescents/young adults
What are the factors affecting adolescents mental health?
biological, social, psychological factors
What are the primary measures of the social control of mental illness?
Stigmatization
Medicalization
What is stigmatization of mental illness?
negative attitudes among mental health professionals
discrimination in employment, housing, health care
What are the negative consequences of stigmatization
decreases self esteem, increases feelings of demoralization, internalize label “mentally ill”, less likely so seek treatment
What is Medicalization?
process in which disorders are labeled as and treated as medical issues
Stigmatization of mental illness in society => lack of funding
What are total institutions?
Exercising total control over inmates
punish, brainwash, re-socialize uncooperative citizens
What is Deinstitutionalization?
supportive family network
an accepting community
adequate community resources
a place to live
When deinstitutionalization is insufficient it leads to
homelessness
criminality
What is the relationship between crime and mental illness
disproportionate amount of inmates suffer from mental disorders
Hydraulic relationship between mental health care system and criminal justice system
