HLTHAGE 1CC3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Dsm-5, Reduced Affect Display, Psychopathology
26 Oct 2017
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Mental disorders are characterized by their effect on: thought, behaviour, mood (some disorders only affect one of these elements, others are felt in multiple areas) A mental disorder is not a disease but sometimes is treated like one. Ways of thinking about mental illness: a spiritual problem, demons, spirits, devil encounters, god angry with them, a balance problem. Models used to explain perspectives on mental illness. The medical model: a biological disease, causing malfunctions in the brain, a physical disorder, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment: physical treatment to resolve it, focuses on the individual, will be able to tell with fmri scans. Behavioural model: primarily learned behaviour, symptom/illness are synonymous conditioned (positively or negatively), need to unlearn deviant behaviours. Mind/body dualism: a way of imagining human beings and how we work/operate/function from a period called the enlightenment, the mind and the body were separate entities, (body and soul)
