HLTHAGE 2G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Thomas R. Insel, Social Comparison Theory, Church Attendance
14 Dec 2017
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Lecture 11: in search of good mental health. Over the last 100 years, pop diagnosed w/ mental illness has increased considerably, rates of disability owing to mental illness have climbed, numbers of disorders as increased 4x, and people report more distress. Also huge expansion of psychiatrists, and life coaches ect. Typical narratives around improving mental health focus reflects boarders ideological tendencies toward individualization and personal responsibility. Much broader way to refer to individualization, seeing that each person experiences due to something within them, not something to do with other or greater society. How so: mindfulness, yoga, going for a run, dietary changes, public education to recognize the signs of mental disorder and seek treatment, professional solutions- developing research to find cures new treatments. Seligman: the psy-ences have become obsessed with poor mental health rather than thinking about good mental health. Mental illness rather than mental health etc. Positive psychology
