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| Conceptions of Mental Illness |
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| 1. Statical Rarity 2. Subjective Distress 3. Impairment 4. Societal Disproval 5. Biological Dysfunction |
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| No Verifiable accounts. Only in countries where news from US spread. Reports of child abuse came under hypnosis. Also diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. Illness created by society. Most MI not bound to specific culture |
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| History of Mental Illness |
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| Demonic Model. Medical Model. Reformers. Modern Era. |
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| Middle Ages. Evil Spirits. Witches. Exorcisms. Treated people with no dignity. |
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| Blood Letting. Scaring Diseases out of patient. Asylums, overcrowded and understaffed. |
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| Pushed for moral treatment of patients. Dignity and respect. Still no effective treatments. Most likely caused placebo effect. |
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| 1950's. Chlorpromazine(thorozine). Appeared to decrease symptoms of schizophrenia. |
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| Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disease. Contains criteria and decision rules. Urges to "think organic". Rule out physical possibilities first. Under active thyroid gland can cause depression like symptoms. |
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1. Major: Depression, Anxiety, and Alcohol.
2. Personality and Mental Retardation.
3. Associated Medical Conditions.
4. Life Stressors.
5. Overall level of function. |
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Not all criteria based on science, some on clinical lore.
High level of cormorbitity: Many people meet criteria for multiple illnesses.
Vulnerable to social influences, reliance on categorial model |
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| Major Depressive Disorder. Have to have had one or more major depressive episode. |
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MUST HAVE 1 OF FIRST 2
1. Depressed Mood
2. Loss of interest or pleasure in all or nearly all activities
3. Large increase or decrease in appetite or weight.
4. Insomnia or hypersomnia
5. Slowing of physical movements/Severe Agitation
6. Intense Fatigue
7. Excessive feelings of guilt/worthlessness
8. Difficulty concentrating or making decisions.
9. Suicidiability
~Must last for over 2 weeks. Typically 6 months to a year.
25% chance someone in America will be depressed. If depressed before, 50% chance. 3 or more episodes, 90% |
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| Physical symptoms that have psychological origin |
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| Continued feelings of worry, anxiety, physical tension, and irritability. 3% of population. |
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| Repeated, unexpected panic attacks. Change in behavior in order to avoid them. |
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| 11% of population. 1 in 9 people. Intense fear of an object, animal or situation. |
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| Emotional disturbance after a severely stressful event. Flash backs, dreams. Reminders. |
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| Persistent ideas, thoughts, or impulses that are unwanted and cause distress. Reliance on compulsions to ease thoughts. |
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| Serious Persistent Mental Illness. Schizophrenia. Autistic Disorder. |
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| "Split Mind" Shattered Personality. Loss of contact with reality. 1% of population. Delusions. Disorganized speech, word salad. Catatonia. Usually occurs around age 20, but can happen as late as 45. |
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| Strongly held, fixed beliefs with no root in reality. |
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| Severe deficits in language, social bonding and imagination. Often accompanied by mental retardation. Dramatic increase since 1990s. People have blamed MMR vaccines, but studies soon proven false. Increase due to change in diagnostic criteria. |
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| Borderline Personality Disorder and Psychopathic Personality. |
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1. Persistent
2. Pervasive
3. Pathological |
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| Borderline Personality Disorder |
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| Mainly women. 2% of population. Instability in emotions or themselves and others. "I hate you dont leave me" Instable identity. Self-destructive. |
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| Superficial charm. Dishonest. Manipulative. Self Centered. Risky. Overlaps with anti-social disorder. Mainly males. 25% of prison population. Tends to fade with age. |
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| Psychological intervention to help people solve emotional, behavioral, and interpersonal problems and improve the quality of life. |
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