Mental health topic 1 = Historical views of mental health Flashcards

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4 historical views of mental illness

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Demonic possession
Humourism
Animalism
Moral treatment

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Demonic possession as a cause for mental illness

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Those suffering with poor mental health/showed abnormalities were possessed by demons (cave dwellers)

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What kind of demons could possess people, according to cavemen?

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Gods
Spirits of ancestors
Spirits of animals

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What was the cause behind possession by demons?

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Lack of faith in God
Because of another source eg the devil

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What was the old treatment for mental illness caused by demonic possession

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Drill holes into skulls (called trephines) with tools
To release spirit from skull

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Demonic possession is a….

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Supernatural explanation for mental illness

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Humourism as a belief for the cause of mental illness

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Mental health and functioning of the brain is dependent on balances of 4 liquids (humours) in body: phlegm, blood, yellow bile, black bile
Imbalances can cause certain disorders and problems

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Example of applied humourism

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Too much blood leads to a manic state

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Treatments using humourism theory

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Remove or add the imbalanced humour to prevent the problem: bloodletting through leeches, laxatives

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Animalism belief as a cause for mental health disorders

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If behaviour was disordered and wild, this is because the mentally ill are considered wild like animals
Because what distinguishes humans from animals is reason and they have lost reason

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According to animalism, how can disorder be treated?

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By treating those who show wild behaviour like animals
Locking/chaining up, whipping, blistering (torture)
To restore reason which is best done through inflicting fear

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Humourism and animalism are….

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Somatogenic explanations that behavioural traits and personality are due to physical/Anatomical functioning

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Moral treatment

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Idea that the cause for mental illness could be social stress, congenital (from birth) or physical injury
Argued for less violent treatment of patients

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According to moral treatment, how can we treat disorders?

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Do not restrain by chains, let them outside to exercise, friendly relationship to doctor, keep detailed case files on patients to monitor progress

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Moral treatment is….

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Etiological theory, argues how care and treatment occurs
Physiogenic explanation that cause is due to past traumatic experience

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Seligman and Rosenhan’s theory on defining abnormality

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An abnormality thus deviation of normal mental health can be defined in 4 ways:
-Behaviour is statistical infrequency
-Failure to function adequately
-Deviation from social norms
-Deviation from ideal mental health

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Defining abnormality as a statistical infrequency

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Any behaviour shown less frequently than normal (rare) should be regarded as abnormal as it is not a statistical norm for that society

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Problems with defining abnormality by statistical infrequency

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Rare behaviours aren’t necessarily a sign of mental illness, could be a fully neutral or even progressive choice made by someone fully in control of their actions

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Defining abnormality as a failure to function adequately

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If someone has no ability to live a ‘normal’ life:
Holding down a job
Maintain relationship
Looking after yourself
Interacting with society

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Problems with Defining abnormality as a failure to function adequately

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Assumes given cultural idea’s views of a normal life are the standard and deviations of this is a sign of mental illness: not objective and is ethnocentric
There may be external barriers to why someone cant function adequately outside of mental health, eg financial struggle prevents someone maintaining relationship, educational barrier prevents finding of a job

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Defining abnormality as a deviation from social norms

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If someone’s behaviour deviates from the behaviour deemed normal by the society they live in

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Problems with Defining abnormality as a deviation from social norms

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Assumes given cultural idea’s views of a normal life are the standard and deviations of this is a sign of mental illness: not objective and ethnocentric
Social norms can vary quite quickly over time so does not allow for standardised criteria to measure someone’s abnormality

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Defining abnormality as deviation from ideal mental health

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If you don’t have ideal mental health: positive self image, capable of growth and development, rational view of reality etc

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Problem with Defining abnormality as deviation from ideal mental health

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These deviations could be due to outside factors instead of mental illness eg surrounded by bad people
Cultural differences in what is considered poor mental health

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Categorising disorders in the US book name

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Using the DSM-5
Diagnostic and statistical manual for mental disorders

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How is the DSM-5 categorised?

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The categories are placed in lifespan order
Eg how early in life do they tend to be diagnosed
And whether they are internalising/externalising disorders

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How many disorders and categories does the dsm 5 recognise?

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300 disorders in 22 categories

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Internalising disorders

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Inward focus characteristics eg distress

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Externalising disorders

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Outward focus characteristics eg impulsivity

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What other information is included in the dsm5?

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Info on how disorders affect gender, differences in cultural practices, prevelance in what demographics and how to diagnose for the symptoms and duration of symptoms

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Is the DSM 5 valid?

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Small extent due to reliance on self reported symptoms (issues of social desirability, demand characteristics)
MisDiagnosis possible if symptoms for disorders overlap
What is considered a disorder may change over time
But empirical objective evidence that determines whats a disorder or not

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Is the DSM reliable?

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Yes because there is a standardised list of symptoms for each disorder and outline of duration they must be shown for, so a consistent measuring tool for each psych

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Is the DSM useful?

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Yes because it can be used by clinicians for diagnosis and helpful to prove patient’s conditions, easier for treatment
BUT excessive use of labelling risks overdiagnoses and perhaps diagnose does more harm than good (stigma) (negative uses)

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Is the DSM ethnocentric?

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No because it acknowledges how certain cultures vary on what might be a disorder or what is a cultural practise eg pica
But only used for diagnoses in the USA