psycathology : mental health issue becomes a real disorder
not experience
o
just an
"
When does a mental health issue becomes "clinical ?
range of
=> normal emotions =
"
psychopathology
How do we define "illness ?
-subjective distress => person's internal interpretation
↳ depression vs Schizophrenia .
(usually unaware)
-
ineffective behaviors
G continuous
argring ul people =>
losing people in life.
-
statistically deviant- rare , outside of norm .
-personal/social judgments=> our
interpretation
"
G Is their outfit "normal ? G will differ from others'
-
dangerousness => Will they put themselves or others & isk?
Why do we
classify mental illnesses ?
insurance
coverage
-
(medicine? clinical setting )
?
-different treatments
-
conduct research increased
Downsides of classification
,
:
understanding
Stigma
-
-make of
patient feel like less a
person .
- cross-cultural differences
determinations whown world
-making our own view
-
people change
-
can
give
incorrect
diagnosis
what
really
know
-never
happening un someone
, ASSESSMENT
Who is about to develop Howdoe e
I
r a
mental illness?
Risks for mental illnesses :
early
interventions prevention (not a
heavily studied topic)
-
-nature vs .
nurture
↳
↳
biological , pollution ,
family history ,
stress
genetics
Stress Vulnerability Model :
can be used to
predict future
episodes
con : cannot see context
(what to eat for
lunch vs trauma
.
places responsibility
individual
solely
on
maladaptive
Peak mental illness development :
10.25
ages
-
iden
puberty , a
-
covery
-greater sensitivity
brain = homonal
of
changes
a stress
-
accelerated loss of synapses
(neurous communicate)