PSY 381 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Pop Quiz, Trench Warfare, Indirect Costs

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Psychology Main
• Course: PSY 381
• Professor: John Ruiz

Document Summary

King baldwin iv: disease as god"s punishment for sins (evil doin) Psychological factors social factors philosophers and theologians. Dominant model of illness for over 300 years. Illness due to biological factors (reductionistic philosophy) Proposes that issues are either biological or psychological/social, but not both. One bad day for phineas gauge, one historical moment for neuroscience. Wwi trench warfare: when shot in the front of the head phineas gage, back of the head vision, one side speech, other side comprehension. Biological social psychological . Reciprocal determinism: each factor can and does affect the other. Alcohol use escalated when she stopped answering his calls. She"ll know how much she hurt me when i"m gone . Costs of mental illness: billion annually, indirect costs. Social welfare programs: total estimated cost is billion annually, 3 times the annual cost of the iraq war. Use: approximately 15% of adults/annually, with diagnosable disorder, with mental health problem .