DST 500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Neurotransmission, Genetic Predisposition, Ontario Health Insurance Plan
18 Apr 2013
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Week 2: gods, demons, the dsm and other suspects. Genetic predisposition (family: medical: 10x more likely b/c sister has it, social: grew up with sister schizophrenic. Things that we think are ridiculous now (witches) was the truth back then. Social: person first (putting person first without diagnosis compared to, he has skitzophrenia, disabled, consumer, survivor, mad identified. Medical: disturbed, mentally ill, mentally insane, mentally unstable, depressed, substance use, bipolar, multiple personality. People being locked up, upset about it. People who understand themselves who have survived the institution, not the illness. They had a difficult time, forced again will. Describes someone that uses the mental health services. Used to use word patient", but seemed passive. Some people didn"t like to be called consumer: language of choice, but might not have a choice, can"t just go to convenience mental health store, eg, you will see a shrink in a year, not right away. Eg, someone who was made to be institutionalized.
