PSY240H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Preventive Healthcare, Community Psychology, Health Promotion
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Prevalence of disorder outstrips availability of help: prevalence of schizophrenia is 1 in 10, prevalence of depression is 1 in 4, most common psychopathology is anxiety. Prevention and mental health promotion: most effective way to stop psychopathology in a community is to find the causes and address those, reduce stress (stress cannot be eliminated, living is stressful. Tertiary: covers rehabilitation: stopping and maintaining behaviour. Two approaches to mental health in the community. Universal approach: cigarettes used around the world (stop everyone from doing this) Selective prevention: a particular group of people have a problem (attempt to prevent problem in that particular group) Multidimensional (families, communities, etc. : american constitution: guarantees individual liberty and freedom, canadian constitution: we will take care of each other (community comes first) Social level strategies: treatment for a disorder has to take into consideration social interaction, individuals interacting with each other. Community level strategies: the way in which a community reacts to and treats psychopathologies.
