HLTHAGE 1CC3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Pseudoscience, Publication Bias, Ken Kesey

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Health, Aging and Society
• Course: HLTHAGE 1CC3
• Professor: Mat Savelli

Document Summary

Mental disorders are characterized by their effect on: thought, behaviour, and/or mood. Ways of thinking about mental illness: a spiritual problem, a balance problem, neurotransmitter imbalance, a somatic problem, (cid:862)fault(cid:455) (cid:449)i(cid:396)i(cid:374)g(cid:863) / (cid:862)ge(cid:374)eti(cid:272) p(cid:396)edispositio(cid:374)(cid:863, a personal problem, a problem of consciousness, suppressed memories/desires, a social problem. Models used to explain perspectives on mental illness. The medical model: biological, malfunctions in the brain, physical, focuses on the individual, will be able to tell with fmri scans. The psychological model: focus on the individual, but takes into consideration mental/psychic processes: mental disorder from internal mental processes, disorder is found in the mind. Behavioural model: learned behaviour conditioned (positively or negatively), need to unlearn deviant behaviours: symptom/illness are synonymous. Sociological model: where a person is in society = likelihood they will experience mental distress, social causation vs social drifting. Mind/body dualism: a way of imagining human beings and how we work/operate/function, enlightenment: mind and the body were separate entities, (body and soul)