Mental Health & Illness

Question 1

What do mental disorders break down to

Answer 1

• Experience of the disorder
  ↳ tangible dimension
• How people perceive and treat those with mental illness
  ↳ Social dimension

both of them have a deviant label attached

Question 2

Mental disorders

Answer 2

• The magnitude and dimensions have the ability to effect everyday life
• Mental health is a spectrum
• DSM diagnoses mental disorders

Question 3

Mental Health Commision of Canada Stats for Disorders

Answer 3

• # 1 Mood & Anxiety disorders↳ More likely to affect LGBTQ people
• # 2 Substance Abuse Disorder↳ When you rely on a drug so much that you fail to meet the daily obligation of your life
• # 3 Cognitive Impairment and Dementia

Question 4

Graph question
- Mood disorder diagnoses (increase or decrease)
- % Of Canadians who perceived their mental health as very good or excellent from 03-21 (increase or decrease)
- Suicide rates from 2019-2021

Answer 4

• Mood disorder was a increase in diagnosis
• Canadians who perceived their mental health as good decreased
• Suicide increased across all age categories

Question 5

Variation in Mental Illness

Answer 5

• Significant variation in prevalence/type of mental illness across social groups
  ↳ reveals how social factors can contribute to mental disorders

Question 6

Rates of Mental Disorder: Gender

Answer 6

• Equal overall rates for women and men
• Different types affect men and women
  ↳ Men: antisocial personality disorder, substance abse disorder, conduct disorer
  ↳ Women: Depression, anxiety
• Women tend to commit more suicide than men but men are more succesful in the attempts
• Women are disproportionally exposed to negative stressors such as income inequality & social standing. they carry more hidden labels and responsibilitys such as for children and elders

Question 7

Rates of mental Disorder: Socioeconomic Status

Answer 7

• Higher rates among lower socioeconomic status groups
• Social causation hypothesis: More life stresses and fewer resources characterize the lives of lower class, contributing to the emergence of mental disorders
  ↳ Very similar to strain theory (gap between ideal and reality)
• Social Selection hypothesis: People with mental disorders fall into lower socioeconomic strata because of dif of daily functioning
• Highes predictor of mental health illness is socioeconomic status

Question 8

Rates of Mental Disorder: Age

Answer 8

• Higher rates in young adults/adolescents
  ↳ biological factors
  ↳ Social stresses
  ↳ Psychological factors
  - making adult choices
• Uni pressures