PSY240H1 Lecture Notes - Community Psychology, Health Promotion, Psychopathology
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Community psychology: prevalence of disorder outstrips availability of help, government collect stats on government issues ie/crime stats involving emotional disturbed persons. In any year, not lifetime prevalence, 1 in 5 of us is suffering from a psychopathology, about twenty percent, probably much higher. Research strongly shows people with past psychopathology are at risk: prevention and mental health promotion. Three types of prevention: primary reduces the incidence- reduce stress, cannot eliminate. Come up with strategies to deal with stress. Where the stress is coming from, the nature and what tools the person has to reduce: secondary treatment-someone displaying symptoms needs to be treated. Will intervene to reduce the display, the expression of the symptoms: tertiary covers rehabilitation- frequently the symptoms will come back and be chronic. A: primary prevention: involves intervention which reduces the incidence of disorder (is practiced prior to the presence of the disorder)