HLTHAGE 1CC3 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Mental Disorder, Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders, Schizophrenia
20 Nov 2018
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We think about mental illness as something derogatory-that person has lesser value. Where someone falls bw being mentally healthy and mentally ill goes beyond factors of what they say, think, feel, etc. For a long time; homosexuality was a sign on mental illness. Our ideas of what counts as being healthy and ill are fluid, they change and are subject to societal forces. Everybody has mental health, we may have differing degrees, but we still all have it. Mental illness is slightly different; it essentially means that you have been diagnosed as such (derived from an underlying abnormal condition). Mental disorders have an impact on at least 1 of 3 areas in the person"s life: how you feel, how you think, and how you behave. A very common, and old idea, think: chemical imbalance (not scientifically proven). There"s a level that we"re meant to be at, and when we"re thrown off, things go ary.
