Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
History of Abnormality (Stigma (Negative societal belief based on a "…
History of Abnormality
Stigma
-
1998 study showed high beliefs that individuals with schizophrenia and alcohol/drug addiction were danger to others and unpredictable, and person with AUD/DUD was seen to be the blame for disorder
2004 study - similar findings, however, more people knew of someone with a disorder, reduced stigma in depression, anxiety, panic attacks
Today? 74% of individuals with mental illness have experienced stigma, still exists in media and derived from past
Eras of Change
-
Hippocrates
-
The four humours: blood, yellow bile (aggression), black bile (melancholy), phlegm ---- mood depends on the balance of these biles
Mania, Melancholia, Phrenitis
Influence on modern thinking: behaviour markedly affected by bodily function and abnormal behaviour caused by chemical imbalance
-
-
Different Approaches
Contemporary Approaches
Half of causes biological, half psychological
Led to strong drive in psychological and biological causes of mental health issues in 19th and 20th century
Biological Approaches
-
Eugenics (Francis Galton, 1822-1911) - people were sterilised and prohibited from marriage
-
Frontal Lobotomy - expression and control of emotions/thoughts/actions completely changed as well as personality and induced cognitive impairment
Genes - genotype, phenotype, epigenetics (gene x environment)
Psychological Approaches
-
-
1900s - Freud (psychoanalysis), Jung (collective unconscious) and Adler (individual psychology)
Freudian idelogies today: childhood experiences shape adult personality, unconscious influences on behaviour, the causes and purposes of human behaviour are not always obvious
1950s - behaviourism, Pavlov, operant conditioning