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Psychopathology MentalHealth Concerns
Deviance (from cultural expectations)
Distress
Is it a MentalDisorder? (suffering)
Dysfunction (maladaptive)
Danger (harmful)
More than 1 in 5 adults have a mental illnessright now
(CDC, 2023; Nami, 2023)• About 3 in 5 college students
Abnormal is kind
(Lipson et al.,2022)• Might actually be closer to 1 in 3
of...Normal?
(NIMH,2023)• 40% of PSY 350 students said mental
healthwould be a barrier to attending every class
Demonology-Ancient societies• Probably regarded
abnormalbehavior as the work of evilspirits• May have
Ancient views
begun as far backas the Stone
Age•Treatment•Exorcism•Trephination
Hippocrates- 500.B.C to 500 A.D-
New explanations and treatments for
abnormalbehaviors• Hippocrates believed that illnesses
Greeks & Romans
had natural causes(humours)Treatment• Quiet life•
Vegetable diet• Temperance• Exercise• Celibacy•
Bleeding
Demonology again- 500-1350A.D-
Church rejected scientific investigation &controlled all
education• Demonic explanations become
Middle Ages
popularagain• Eventually loses favor toward later
MiddleAgesTreatment• Exorcism• Torture•
Hospitalization in late Middle Ages
, Rise of asylums- 1400-1700A.D-
Scientific knowledgeincreases, demonologicalview
The Renaissance decreases• Beginning of belief that themind is as
susceptible tosickness as the body• Asylums emerge –
mid1500s
Reform, Moral Tx- 1800
Care begins to improve• “Moral treatment” –
treatingpeople with respect and likethey are people•
Pinel (France) and Tuke(England)In the US:• Benjamin
19th Century
Rush (father of Americanpsychiatry) and Dorothea
Dix(Boston schoolteacher)• Movement disintegrated in
the late1800s• Mental hospitals warehousedinmates and
provided minimal care
Somatogenic & psychogenic
- Deinstitutionalization, outpatienttherapy• Wide Variety
Early 20th Century of Providers• Technology and Choice in
ServiceDelivery• Managed care, access, affordability•
Multicultural psychology
Somatogenic psychopathology hasphysical origins (biological)
Psychogenic psychopathology haspsychological origins (mental)
Tele-health• Mental health apps• AI Applications• Web-
New Technological
based information and interventions• Virtual Reality
Treatments
Treatment• Biofeedback
insurance determines careissues and coverage•
Insurance dictates what kind/how muchtreatment is
Managed Care
covered• Reimbursements for mental disorders tend
tobe lower than for medical disorders
1. Seeks to understand how people ofdifferent cultures,
races, andgenders may differ psychologically
Multicultural Psychology 2. Increase diversity, equity, andinclusion within
psychology
3. Increase access to care forminoritized groups
Prevalence of mental illness• Comorbidity of disorders•
Characteristics and course ofdisorders• Causes
(etiology) of mentalillness
Clinical Researchprovides
informationabout...
Discover facts and principles• Do not typically
assess,diagnose, or treat individualclients• Rely on the
scientific method