Psychology Quiz Review pt. 2

Mental disorders

Issues with DSM 5

North American

European

Treatment in other countries

Exorcism

Substance abuse and mental Health

Social Determinents of mental health

it involves a clinically significant detriment

Problems if everyone is diagnosed with an illness

South Africa

Forest Therapy: see under "Common practices curing depression in Rwanda and Senegal"

common among youth at an enormous cost to individuals, families, communities, and systems

Title of the procession: Undop

With Andrew Solomon

varies depending on signs and symbols from above

mental health issues can lead to substance abuse which is self- medication

71% of youth age 15-24 years report using alcohol in the past year

Person who is afflicted by depression must purchase certain items so that the procession can be carried out.

Doesn't look at the causes

Youth are prone to mental illness because they are faced with dramatic changes

Cant choose specific treatments

Symptoms are too vague

it derives from an internal source

racism - inexplicit racism leads to lower income for immigrants,

It is not subject to voluntary control

22% of youth age 15-24 years report using marijuana in the past year

low income leads to poverty

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poverty leads to stress; three model (mental health)

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Over diagnosis

Dont know boundaries between normal and abnormal

approx. 15% of children in youth have diagnosable mental illness

Dont look into the causes

  1. stress because of life events

most common is anxiety disorder

  1. stress because life event considered unfair

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  1. stress because of inability to do anything about it

over medication

34% of students grade 7-12 report symptoms of depression, anxiety, or social disfunction

Over diagnosis, over medication

Weak Scientific proof, poor reliabilities,

Mental illness + substance abuse = concurrent disorder

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mood disorder

Lines between DSM disorders are fuzzy

bipolar

depression

There are risk factors and protective factors

personality disorder

Dissociative identity disorder (D.I.D.)

Treatments

Prevention: strong ties to school, family/support adults to talk to, and feeling able to excel at something

Common practices for curing depression in Rwanda and Senegal:

  1. everyone takes the day off to support the depressed person
  1. considered external (can be removed - not your identity)
  1. Going outside - vitamin d from sun
  1. music and dance - physical activity/movement: increases endorphins (the happy hormone)

Psychosis

Schizophrenia

Anxiety disorder

Addressing substance abuse may help reduce destress and the risk of a mental disorder.

obsessive compulsive disorder

post traumatic stress disorder

phobias

eating disorders

bulimia nervosa

bio chemical inbalance

anorexia nervosa

Oedipal conflicts

symptoms: any characteristics of a persons actions, thoughts or feelings that could be a potential indicator of a mental disorder.

Start from scratch using genetic and science. thats what the NIMH said

not common practices in western culture - medication is given (prosac) and considered an internal illness rather than one that can be removed

causes: an external event or hereditary factor that triggers a mental disorder

getting rid of DSM

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