HLTHAGE 2G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Pyrotherapy, Syphilis, Gluten
30 Jan 2017
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Spike in the number of people being mentally ill in the 19th century. Everybody has mental health, not mental illnesses. Growth in size and importance of mental health and psychology disciplines (20th c. ) Mental processes began to be seen as central in our lives, something that guides us. We have become occupied with how people think and feel. Advertising starts to target towards these ideas, thoughts & feelings. We invested a lot into these new science disciplines: sex, marriage, womanhood/manhood, work, ambition, work, habits, desires , boom in pop psychology from conflict and despair to picking up woman. Human beings can be understood in a rational scientific way *** Humans began to be seen as measurable by science. Mental health concerns become central to everyday life (20-50% get a diagnosis) Growth in mental health industry life coaches, self-help books. Growth in mental health knowledge police, armies, social media.
