PSYC 4039 Lecture : Nerves Vs Madness Notes
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The rise of the minor mental illnesses: the english malady: or a treatise on nervous diseases. Of all kinds as spleen, vapours, lowness of spirits, Hypochondriasis disorder for men while hysteria a disorder for women. But refer to the same thing: the english malady. Assert that the english are more affected by these mental disorders that are associated with a complex society. People get rich and then just sit around and do nothing. Reference to relationship btw urbanization and mental health: neuroses. Adopts a variation of the term neuritis because they didn"t have inflamed nerves. Assumed to have an organic basis but the organic basis is unapparent. Exactly what the term functional means when we apply to psychoses: the advantages of nervous disorders . Advantage of having a nervous disorder over being mad. Nervous disorder becomes a euphemism for severe disorders. Meant to refer to relatively minor disorders but begins to be used for all because less stigmatizing.
