Mental Health Flashcards
What categorys do we break symptoms down into?
positive- any change in behaviour or thoughts such as hallucinations or delusions
negative- where people appear to withdraw from the world around them, take no intrest in everday social interactions and often appear emotionless and flat
Define delusion
a belief held with complete conviction, even though its based on a mistaken, strange or unrealistic view. It may affect the way the person behaves. Delusions can begin suddenly or over weeks or months
Define hallucinations
where someone sees, hears, smells, tastes or feel things that do not exist outside of their mind
What is Goffman 1963 stigmatization definition?
- a deep discreditation of thte whole person
What is trivialization?
made to be less severe than it really is, to minimise or hide the symptoms or consequences
What are some supporting biomedical theories?
neurotransmitters-
depression- serotonin
psychosis- dopamine
dementia- ACh
interventions-pharmaceuticals ( SSR’s, anti- psychotics, cholinesterase inhibitors
What are some assumptions of the biomedical lense?
-implies something is wrong with a disease
-seeks to diagnose and classify conditions
-treats to rectify the problem
What are some assumptions of the psychological lens?
-does not rely on diagnosis, focuses on the distress
-considers a variety of casual factors
-understanding of individuals and their complex histories
What are some supporting theories of the Psychological lens?
-normal development- plaget
-psychodynamic theorist- childhood adversity, abuse, freud- attachment issues, bowlby
-behaviour theorist- pavlov, skinner
-cognitive theorists- beck
-humanistic theories-Rogers
What are some assumptions of the social lens?
-social, political and economic factors frame hoe we contsruct the world
-some people are excluded and stigmitised
-we need to challenge how people view the world
What are some supporting theories of the social lens?
-social causation- brown and harris 1978
-societal response, stigma- Goffman
-social constructionism
What are some interventions of the social lens?
-hearing narratives
-advocacy
-service user groups
-recovery college
What is recovery?
-strength based approach-what can be achieved
-focuses on self identity and esteem
-hearing individual stories
-focuses on future goals and moving forward
-develops resilience and a sense of agency over life challenges
-social recovery not medical recovery
doesn’t really have a definition more like features
What is the CHIME model?
-connectedness
-hope and optimism about the future
-identity- re-establishment of a positive identity
-meaning of life
-empowerment-taking responsibility for ones life
What recovery is not?
-not a model or a framework
-doesn’t focus solely on symptoms and medication
-not a cure and doesn’t suggest being symptom free is an aspiration
-not getting back to life before illness- finding a new life
-not led or directed by professional
-doesn’t focus on coming of benefits and returning to work
What are some critiques of recovery?
-risk of being hijacked by professionals and medicalised- we need to be mindful not to rebadge services without tackling attitude, stigma, stereotypes
-a meaningful recovery is impossible
-underfunding and under resourcing of MH services means service users are under pressure to conform to a narrow idea of recovery
