PSY100H1 Chapter 16.1: TREATING PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100H1
• Professor: Dan Dolderman

Document Summary

Women participate in therapy more than men, age 35-55 seek treatment more often than younger adults and the elderly. Asian canadians and people of native descent are both less likely to seek mental health treatment than caucasians. Only 30% of adults diagnosed with depression or anxiety disorder seek therapy. Reaso(cid:374)s (cid:449)h(cid:455) people do(cid:374)"t seek help can be because the disorder it self can be ambiguous so(cid:373)e (cid:373)a(cid:455) (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e the(cid:455) are just (cid:862)sad(cid:863) rather tha(cid:374) depressed. People try to see themselves as not mentally ill by minimizing their symptoms they do(cid:374)"t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to (cid:271)(cid:455) stig(cid:373)atized or the(cid:455) do(cid:374)"t trust the psychiatric professions. May be discriminated in work place, treated differently by friends and family. 1 out of every 2 canadians admits that they would likely not socialized with a friend who had serious mental illness, 1 in 4 canadians admits that they are afraid to be around people with serious mental illnesses.