Mental Health - Psychosocial Flashcards
Stress symptoms: physical
Headaches
Dizziness
Muscle tension or pain
Stomach problems
Chest pain
Faster heartbeat
Sexual problems
Stress symptoms: mental
Difficulty concentrating
Struggling making decisions
Feeling overwhelmed
Constantly worrying
Forgetful
Stress symptoms: behaviour
Irritable
Snappy
Sleeping too much or too little
Eating to much or too little
Avoiding certain places or people
Drinking or smoking more
Portrayal of mental illness
Stigmatisation - deep discredit action of the whole person
Trivialisation - made less severe, minimise or hide symptoms
Films
Media
Why are theories of mental health important
Lens by which we view and understand
Understand why a person is experiencing that
Articulate why
Work out what to do
Understand why different professions see the same problem differently to us
Frame the same problems to an alternative way
Biomedical lens: assumptions
Something is wrong
Disease
Diagnose and classify conditions
Treats to rectify problem
Biomedical lens: supporting theories
Neurotransmitters
Depression - serotonin
Psychosis - dopamine
Dementia - acetylcholine
Biomedical lens: interventions
Pharmaceutical
SSRI’s
Anti-psychotics
Cholinesterase inhibitors
Psychological lens: assumptions
Does not rely on diagnosis
Focuses on the distress
Considers a variety of causal factors
Individuals and their complex histories
Psychological lens: supporting theories
Normal development - Piaget
Psychodynamic theorists, childhood adversity abuse - Freud
Attachment issues - bowlby
Behavioural theorist - skinner, Pavlov
Cognitive theorists - beck
Humanistic theorists - Roger’s
Psychological lens: intervations
Psycotherapy - talking therapy
CBT
DBT
Person centred planning
Social lens: assumptions
Social, political and economic factors
Some people are excluded and stigmatised
Challenge how people view the world
Social lens: supporting theories
Social causation - brown and Harris, 1978
Societal response, stigma - goffman
Social constructionism
Social lens: interventions
Hearing narratives
Advocacy
Service user groups
Recovery college
Recovery
Strengths based approach
Focuses on self-identity and self-esteem
Hearing individual stories
Focuses on future goals and moving forward
Resilience and a sense of agency over life challenges
Social recovery
Strong relationship between recovery and social inclusion new ways
CHIME and psychological recovery
Connectedness
Hope and optimism about the future
Identity
Meaning in life
Empowerment
What recovery is not
Model or framework
Not focus solely on symptoms and medication
Not a cure
Not getting back to life before but new life
Not led by professional
