HLTHAGE 2G03 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Bipolar Disorder

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Health, Aging and Society
• Course: HLTHAGE 2G03
• Professor: Mat Savelli

Document Summary

Rachel cooper, what is wrong with the dsm? . What is thought of as a disease" has an evolutionary advantage and is natural in its kind. Dsm should not tell us what mental disorders are. Confinement in asylums was based on family"s desire to care or control violent family members. Why mental illness rates increased: alienists not involved, workhouses asylums (i. e. no where to go) Mark micale, on the disappearance of hysteria: a study in the clinical deconstruction of a diagnosis . Hysteria was broken down into multiple other disorders. Struggles of the mentally ill in functioning normally: lack of sleep, inability to complete small tasks, loss of coordination and concentration, and difficulties in communication. Hospitalized due to being crazy" and suicide attempt. She becomes very attached to her therapist, and is unwilling to leave her, even threatening to kill her therapist, mrs. jones, if she is unable to continue working with her.