Mental illness Flashcards
Bio-medical model
Some cause of poor health are biological, brain damage, chemical imbalance.
They believe people with extreme mental illness need to be separated from everyone else.
Social model
The only reason why mental illness exists is that doctors label most things that are not mental illnesses. Mental illness is socially constructed.
Szasz
mental illnesses are not scientifically
diagnosed or proven to exist this is because they are based on objective views
Goffman
carried out and covert observation in the usa as a pe teacher. Treatment
Mental illness
Mental illness means a person that cant function their brain.
A disabled of cognitive function which causes serious problem in a persons thinking
Labelling
To label someone is to categorise or define them in some way.
Rosenhan
Once a persons is labelled as mentally ill,all behaviour is interpreted
