PYB306 Psychopathology Questions And Answers With Verified Tests 100% Correct Answers

What % globally mental health disorders effect the global population? - Answer-- 30% 2 primary models of mental disorder diagnosis - Answer-- DSM - ICD Particular critique of modern DSM and ICD diagnosis design - Answer-- Western Cultural perspective - Doesn't explore global instances of mental illness etc - Designed by committees who agree upon a definition Is Psychiatric Universal AND does it represent varied perspectives? - Answer-- No, it is not - Depends on location and what paradigm and manual you use to define illness - Not really of other cultures and societies Do mental illness definitions/classifications change and what is an example of this? - Answer-- Yes they do - DSM-III and the removal of Homosexuality as a mental illness due to Cultural and social changes/developments of the time Where is modern psychiatry formed and based on - Answer-- Western culture and society - Western evidence and research African and Asian experiences of mental disorders may be disadvantaged in terms of validity and the scientific method WHY? - Answer-- Due to western measures of mental illnesses etc it may not measure and meet western standards of validity and the scientific approach thus it may not be viewed as an issue - Could be viewed as medical imperialism which disadvantages foreign locals - Their Cultural is very different from the west Is depression a universally agreeable upon and defined mental illness - Answer-- No- Western and non-western places define it differently How are mental illnesses/disorders defined in the DSM and ICD - Answer-- Descriptively Syndromes - Highly Heterogeneous - Socially shaped What do the DSM and ICD not consider as much when understanding the diagnosis of mental illness - Answer-- Non-western cultural experiences Is Depression when say being displaced from a natural disaster or war as a refugee a normal response, WHY? - Answer-- It is heavily argued that is very much is a normal response - These situations are traumatic and usually bring physical and mental suffering/pain during it which makes sense to then be depressed What is the danger of over medicalisation of normal responses to the situation - EG: depression after being displaced as a refugee? - Answer-- Deflects attention from what millions of people worldwide might cite as the basis of their distress - Pathologises normal emotional responses - Oversaturates the illness What does perceived mental health problems may be a normal reaction to harsh living conditions MEAN? - Answer-- What if you have not human rights, for example, you are probably going to be depressed or express anxiety about your situation which is a normal response to high levels of stress, NOT a mental illness What do mental illnesses socially bring to a person? - Answer-- Stigma Stigma of mental illnesses results in what difficulties in life for a person? - Answer-- Difficulties finding employment - Finding Housing - Keeping/making friends and partnersWhy do people avoid seeking medical health surrounding mental health? - Answer-- Stigma from others Why would places want to change the name of a particular psychiatric disease such as Schizophrenia? - Answer-- Removes original stigma associated with the name THUS removes the disadvantage with that diagnosis - May redress it as more humane only focuses on the syndrome associated with it - NEW NAME: Integration disorder - New name was seen as treatment as a disorder and people could function normally compared to the old term was the opposite What benefits does a new modern term for Schizophrenia in Japan (Integration disorder) DO? - Answer-- Easier to imagine the illness - Considered the disease less severe - Patients don't need to disclose the diagnosis - Relationships should stop was reduced - Is treatable and manageable