HLTHAGE 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Social Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder
25 Mar 2016
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1/3 of people report symptoms of mental disorder at some point in their life. Recent increases in social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, ptsd, bulimia etc. It implies a distinction from physical illness but this may be problematic: Physical symptoms (e. g. anxiety disorders > panic attack a physical experience) Physical and mental may be mutually reinforcing (ed"s, depression ) Much mental in physical too (ex: cancer ? traumatic mood changes, outlook on life changes cancer is physical illness but also mentally affects the patient) Some experiences (ex: pain) are hard to classify. Legacy of mind-body dualism, seeing body and spirit or mind as disconnected entities. Stigma and social position (stigma of mental illness you avoid them at all costs on the street, but someone physically injured you see, you try to help them) Power of psychiatry (ability to for example say someone is mentally ill for criminal charge, can section them off and force them into treatment online normal doctor)
