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Disadvantages of categorising mental healthethnocentric - based on Americans model of abnormality range of individual differences in mental health hard to catergorise
How do you categorise mental health-DSM5 -ICD10
Key research Rosenhan-naturalistic / covert field -patients and staff from 12 hospitals from 5 states of the USA -IV= hospitial or uni dv=how the patients were treated -8 sane patients went in as psuedo patients went in acted normal and recorded how they was treat in a journal -one diagnosed with schizophrenia in remission -normal bhv were recored as serious illnesses -other paitients could tell the patients were normal
Second part of ROSENHANmentally ill patients were not allowed in so they were wrongly treated 3 months - 193 wrongly judged to be psuedopatients
The types of defining abnormalitystat infreq- abnormal away from the normal stat = anorexia -deviation from mental health - deviating from factors like self esteem = depression - deviation from social norms -behaviours dysfunctional in different cultures -Failure to function adequately - maladaptive bhvs , irattional and personal distress.
Overview of the mental healthAncient history - 4 humours . depression from excess bile . laxatives were treatment 13-15th- 4 humors ,demons and witches - burnt at stake was treatment. 16-17th- from supernatural /lunar events such as full moon . treatmnent withcraft and cunning men. 18-19th- may be due to influences on the mind treatments - doctor - patient relationship 20-21st- chemical imbalance , learnt bhv, . treatment drugs and assylums.
What is the DSM5The manual consists of three sections 22 chapters arranged in order of disorders likely to be experienced
ICD10diagnose both physical and mental conditions
DSM vs ICDboth based on a western bias and often used together DSM= holistic ICD= reductionist
Advantages of catergorising mental health disordersimproves reliability of diagnosis between cliniciaans enables a formal diagnosis so help and support obtained they are regularly monitored and reviewed by new issues from psychiatrists
Disadvantages of categorising mental healthethnocentric - based on Americans model of abnormality range of individual differences in mental health hard to catergorise
Characteristics of an affective disordersDepression - AFFECTS EMOTIONS OR MOODS -sadness , fatigue and bad self esteej have to be expressed for 2 weeks minimum
Charcteristics of Psychotic disordersSCHITZOPHRENIA - LOOSING TOUCH WITH REALITY Positive symptoms - delusions , auditory and visual hallucinations Negative symtpoms - lack of motivation