HLTHAGE 2G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Naomi Wolf, Biopsychosocial Model, Mixed Model

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Health, Aging and Society
• Course: HLTHAGE 2G03
• Professor: Mat Savelli

Document Summary

Louis rial, joan of arc and george bush have all said that god spoke directly to them. Being a homosexual used to be a mental illness. Google associates it with girls outside doing acive things. Mental disorders are characterized by their efect on: thought, behaviour and mood which is characterized as abnormal. Some disorders only afect one of these elements, others are felt in muliple areas. Mental illness as a spiritual problem (possession or now labelled schizophrenia, problemaic relaionship with god or touched by god. Mental illness as a balance problem (yin/yang, bodily, humours - now neurotransmiters out of balance) Mental illness as a somaic problem - of the body o o. Ibn-sina - middle eastern physician and philosopher who located mental illness within the brain psychopharmaceuicals - neurotransmiters. Mental illness as a personal problem (moral failing, no such thing as a mental illness at all) Mental illness as a problem of consciousness (psychoanalysis)