HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Antipsychotic, Environmental Factor, Twin
23 Jan 2018
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Lecture 5: schizophrenia, psychotic, and delusional disorders (cont"d) The rate at which it appears in a population. Schizophrenia, or rather its symptoms , are reportedly found in all cultures across the world. Symptoms are more common amongst others rather than the disease itself. Mental health statistics are imperfect and not reliable. Men and women equally likely to be diagnosed. It matters in a social sense, the answer has an impact on those who have the disease and those who are treating it. Described the cold parenting style of mothers of children with schizophrenia and autism. Mother had to match the image of a warm and loving gure. Child would su er consequences of developing schizophrenia or autism. Popularized by several psychoanalysts between 1940s and 1960s. Angry parents felt blamed for what was increasingly understood as a brain disease. Built alliances with biological psychiatry and formed the national alliance on mental illness (nami) to demand better treatment, sympathy rather than scorn.
