Psychology 2310A/B Lecture Notes - Psychotherapy, Emil Kraepelin, Vincent De Paul

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2310A/B
• Professor: Rob Martin

Document Summary

Most people in the psych hospital are calm and quite reasonable. Even people with severe disorders, will still have extended periods of time where they are calm and normal/but have episodes where they behave abnormally. Professor didn"t see a difference between the patients and students in the peer group, not a huge difference between patients and staff. View that abnormal and normal are radically different. Belief that mental disorder is something to be ashamed of stigma. 46% thought people used it as an excuse for bad behaviour. 58% said they would socialize with a friend who has a mental illness. 38% thought one of the main causes of mental disorder is a lack of self discipline and willpower. 42% thought that those with mental illnesses are dangerous. Medical school disease, students in the school think they have every new disease, jumping to conclusions about their own diseases.