PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Buspirone, Hypnotic, Lorazepam
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Treatment: getting help to those who need it. The personal costs of the disorders involve anguish to the sufferers as well as interference in their ability to carry on the activities of daily life. Why people cannot or will not seek treatment. People may fail to get treatment because of 3 major problems: people may not realize that their disorder needs to be treated: => the origin of mental illness is hidden and usually cannot be diagnosed by a blood test. => in some cases, families discourage their loved ones from seeking help because the public acknowledgment of a psychological disorder may be seen as an embarrassment to the family. => barriers may even arise from treatment providers or facilities themselves, such as long waiting lists, etc: even people who acknowledge they have a problem may not know where to look for services: => even when people seek and find help, they sometimes do not receive the most effective treatments.
