mental health overview

Question 1

what are 3 things that mental health is characterized by?

Answer 1

thought, behaviour, mood

Question 2

what is mental illness as a spiritual issue?

Answer 2

it’s like thinking you’ve been touched by god

Question 3

what is mental illness as a balance issue?

Answer 3

abnormal thoughts are caused by your ying/yang being disturbed

Question 4

what is mental illness as a somatic issue?

Answer 4

bodily functions are interrupted

Question 5

what is mental illness as a psychoanalysis problem?

Answer 5

freud said mental illness was caused by unconscious mind conflicts that they weren’t aware of (secret desires)

Question 6

what is mental illness as a social problem?

Answer 6

poverty/ city slums

Question 7

what is the mental illness medical model?

Answer 7

a biological disease causing malfunctions in the brain (concrete thinking)

Question 8

what is the mental illness psychological model?

Answer 8

it analyzes an individual’s internal processes that reflect the interaction of the individual with their environment (non concrete)

Question 9

what is the mental illness behavioural model?

Answer 9

mental illness is a learned behaviour and not an illness or conflict

Question 10

what is the mental illness social model?

Answer 10

mental illness is the impact of society on an individual