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| Who defines mental illness? |
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| What is Thomas Szasz's Myth of Mental Illness? |
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| Most mental illenss was manufactured by society; mentally ill were ill only if they thought they were, otherwise there is no need for treatment |
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| Psychiatric diagnoses label people who are deviant...dangerous if used to stigmatize people who are simply different |
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| What is the biological perspective on mental illness? |
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Psychopathology a function of brain disorder; treat the disorder and the pathology disappears
-genetics play a role |
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| What is the diathesis/stress model of psychopathology |
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| An ineraction between genetics and stress is key to understanding the etiology of many forms of mental illness, stress exacerbates mental illness |
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| A mental catagory that is shown through profound disruption of basic psyological phenomena |
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1 of the main types of schizophrenia
-Delusions of persecution, people are suspicious, tens, and guarded |
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1 of the main types of schizophrenia
-peculiar motor movement, topically lack of movement or mimicked movement |
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1 of the main types of schizophrenia
-Patient is disheveled, poor social, skills, inappropriate behavior |
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1 of the main types of schizophrenia
-Characterized by a mix of symptoms |
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1 of the main types of schizophrenia
-Person recovered from scizophrenia, but still showing mild symptoms |
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| How is schizophrenia treated? |
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| Using drugs that block Dopamine, results in obvious alterations in brain dopamine systems. That involves other systems as well |
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| Why is pharmacologic medication needed to help behavior? |
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| Cognitive and behavioural therapies generally not effective with out them, because patients cannot attend to what is being said well enough for it to have a significant impact on their behavior |
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| What are the poles of a mental illness? |
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Depression: You feel pessimistic, despairing, and out of control
Maina: You feel pumped up, in control, and invincible |
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