Week 1

Question 1

WHO (2004) definition of Mental Health

Answer 1

Mental Health is a state of mental well-being, than enables people to:
1. Cope with life stressors
2. Realise their abilities
3. Learn and work well
4. Contribute to their community

Question 2

What are Jahoda’s (1958) 3 domains of Mental Health?

Answer 2

1. Self Realisation
2. Sense of Mastery over environment
3. Sense of Autonomy

Question 3

What are the 3 components of Keyes (2006) definition of mental health?

Answer 3

1. Emotional well-being
2. Psychological well-being
3. Social well-being

Question 4

What are the 4 attributes which are necessary for mental health according to Manwell et al (2015)

Answer 4

1. Agency, Autonomy + control
2. Engagement in meaning participation
3. Dignity
4. Subjective experience of the individual

Question 5

How does Galderisi et al (2015) define mental health?

Answer 5

Mental health is a internal state of equilibrium. Mentally health people will experience a range of positive + negative emotions, appropriate to life context & still have resilience to restore equilibrium

Question 6

What is the Medical Model of mental health

Answer 6

It is the dominant understanding. It states that mental illness is a specific pathology (or combination of pathologies) which result in a disjuncture between reality & the perceptions, responses and behaviours of a person

Question 7

What are the assumptions of the Medical Model of mental illness?

Answer 7

1. Mental Illness is an empirically demonstrable fact - it is not just a difference of perspective
2. Medical response to mental illness has been and continues to be helpful and curative

HOWEVER

• Medical responses are also imperfect, unpredictable and spasmodic.
• Medical responses are culturally significant and politically powerful