PSYC 3600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Moodle
Document Summary
Perception of crisis in mental health is traceable to (more detail on moodle): better methods and more sophisticated understanding of behavioural conditions. 3. increased levels of demand increasingly pathogenic socio-political environment: mounting demands for higher cognitive performance. Mental illness affects intellectual functioning, mood states, and behaviour to the point of affecting an individual"s professional and social standing lack of proper services adds to prevalence of mental illness. Mood, anxiety and substance disorder affects 11. 1% of canadians in any one year. 21% of canadians have been affected by mental conditions at some point in their lives. Mental illness differentially affect aboriginals, homeless and prison inmates. Lifetime prevalence of any disorder among inmates in high in males and females. For many years mental patients were sent to asylums or mental hospital. This custodial model was result of lack of understanding of the nature of mental conditions and lack of effective treatment.
