Psychotherapy A 2

Question 1

Negative outcome 1

Answer 1

to make citizens more compliant to the norms of dominant society

Question 2

Negative outcome 1 reinforces…

Answer 2

reinforces society’s notion of normal, minimises social change and maintains society’s intolerance of diversity

Question 3

Negative outcome 2

Answer 3

medicine and psychotherapy treat the symptoms of mental illness, not the causes

Question 4

Negative outcome 2, by focussing…

Answer 4

by focussing on the individual (Western cultural individualism) does society have too great a focus on primary care and not enough on the preventative aspects of primary health care?

Question 5

Negative outcome 3

Answer 5

the problem with scientism 1) applying scientific inquiry to non-appropriate areas; 2) belief that science is the only proper way to solve problems; 3) over-application: Western psychology is not universal (all psychologies are indigenous)

Question 6

Global…

Answer 6

most cultures try to adopt Western psychotherapy

Question 7

Specific…

Answer 7

within a culture, most services apply same therapy to everyone

Question 8

Diverse cultures (indigenous people, immigrants etc) in terms of medicine adherence (4)

Answer 8

1) decrease in help-seeking; 2) increase in attrition (drop out rates); 3) decrease in short-term successful interventions; 4) increase in relapse rates (at follow up)

Question 9

Psychology use of scientism is what

Answer 9

psychology use of scientism is reactive; modern society creates new stresses; some people fail to cope with these new stressors; psychology pathologizes these people and creates a treatment

Question 10

Simple example

Answer 10

premier Joan Kirner’s state government passed legislation in 1991 to establish widespread gambling in Victoria without any precautionary guidelines. Even though, there was plenty of psychological research that understood the many problems it would cause

Question 11

Is there an alternative solution

Answer 11

Indigenous people do not want to control the environment, but want to protect it and live in harmony with the (physical and social) environment

Question 12

How many Australians experience mental health problems

Answer 12

mental illness is common in Australia with one in five Australians (20%) experiencing a mental illness within a 12-month period; Almost half (45%) Australians aged 16-85 years will experience a mental illness at some stage in their lives

Question 13

Decision making

Answer 13

see diagram

Question 14

Mental illness

Answer 14

a term that comprises many different conditions, from anxiety and mood issues to addictions and psychotic disorders

Question 15

Interesting 2018 study

Answer 15

interested in understanding why 66% more suicides in rural areas than in the city and why farmers were twice as likely to die by suicide than city workers