PSY240H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Risk Society, Involuntary Commitment, Psychopharmacology
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Identify and explain the main social implications associated with mental health stigma. How are people with mental illness viewed by the general public: general public sees mental patients as scary, a danger, abnormal. How has mental health treatment evolved over time: isolation, and treatment, changed in location and awareness of our treatment, went from demon possession with exorcisms community mental health system. Why is deinstitutionalization seen as a failed social policy. Identify and explain the main consequences that have occurred because of deinstitutionalization: failed because we didn"t institute community care when we needed to , revolving door (go out and come back in), homelessness, etc. How effective are stigma management strategies: not effective, only one that"ss effective: education, but is risky as you may be socially isolated as you come forward. Identify and explain the main critiques launched against psychiatry"s ability to diagnose mental illness: rosenhan case, psychiatrists cant tell the difference between sane and insane individuals.
