SOCY 276 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Mood Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Anxiety Disorder

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 276
• Professor: Stacey Alarie

Document Summary

Mental illness is unintentional, but deviant in the sense that it is: feared stigmatized treated like it"s statistically unusual some behaviours associated are unexpected & thus, disruptive sometimes result of deviant behaviour (ie. substance abuse, family violence) Many prominent researchers determine mental illness based on distress & disorder . Mental illness results from interaction b/w social stresses & other predisposing factors (ie. psyc, chem, physio & genetic) important to understand both social context & non-social factors to understand mental illness. Early explanations evil spirits & demons or witches; attempted to heal by driving/casting out demons via torture. Mid 20th c. frontal lobotomies performed on unconsenting patients (drastically controlled behaviour) There is a statistical correlation b/w neighbourhood & mental illness but, social isolation not the cause of schizo; schizophrenia caused social isolation (tend to drift to poor, less organized areas for soc/econ reasons) 12% anxiety disorder; 4% major depression; 3% women eating disorder. Characteristics of mental illness & mentally ill people.