HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Biology Of Depression, Medicalization, Wheeze
6 May 2019
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Is the most powerful and at this moment in time is most support but is still heavily contested. Says that mental illness is a biological disease, causing malfunctions in the brain: describes these disorders as different and having its own specific symptoms, causes and treatments, there are many disagreements within this perspective, treatments include psychopharmaceuticals. Focuses on individual but takes into consideration metal/psychic processes: mental disorder arises from internal processes that reflect the interaction of the individual with her environment, disorder is found in the mind, psychotherapy is talk based therapy. Focused on here and now the problems of suffering: most significant treatment is cbt, you do not need a medical degree to do this. The social model: places emphasis on society and its structure as the genesis of mental disorder. Some explanations work better with different types of disorders.
