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| Describe the Abuses of Psychiatry |
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- Medicalization – reductionist – says that any mental problem a person has is down to biology, and if biology can be fixed then problem will be solved. Ignores social aspects to mental illness.
- Women – feeble minded
(women get diagnosed at a higher rate than men do)
- Race – measurement of brains IQ
(said that white people had ‘bigger heads’ who would have bigger brains so therefore had bigger IQ) |
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| ‘Abnormal behaviour’ is characterised as: |
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1. Not typical
2. Socially unacceptable
3. Causes distress to the person or those around them
4. Maladaptive or self-defeating
5. The World Health Organization says that 1 in 4 people will experience a mental health problem during the course of their lives |
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| Advantages of Diagnosis DSM |
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- Assists communication about research and treatment
- Brings relief through appearance of an explanation and awareness that others have the same problem
- Assists managers/policy makers decide which problems are serious enough to deserve treatment or funding |
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| Disadvantages of Diagnosis DSM |
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- Locates problem entirely in the individual, nothing to do with society…
- Underestimates the capacity for change
- Reduces hope of recovery because relies on someone else to get better
- Stigma from labelling
- Categories versus dimensions (not normal/abnormal but extensions of normal behavior/problems)
- Poor reliability – experts can’t agree about who has got what. Different psychologists would diagnose completely different problems, and categorised health issues all look extrememly different
- Poor validity – diagnoses don’t predict behavior, future or response to treatment. One person with depression acts a very different way to another person with depression
- Co-morbidity (most have two, three, four or more disorders) |
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