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Psychological Disorders: When Adaptation Breaks Down Chapter Fifteen

Lecture Preview Conceptions of mental illness Anxiety disorders Mood disorders and suicide Personality and dissociative disorders Enigma of schizophrenia Childhood disorders

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What is Mental Illness? Psychopathology (mental illness) is often seen as a failure of adaptation to the environment. What distinguishes psychological abnormality from normality? Mental disorder does not have a clear cut definition. The definition isn’t simple.

What is Mental Illness? Any one criterion doesn’t distinguish mental disorders from normality. Mental disorders don’t all have one thing in common. They share a number of features. – 1.Statistical rarity – 2.Subjective distress – 3.Impairment – 4.Societal disapproval – 5.Biological dysfunction

In the mid-1800s, drapetomania was the “disorder” of slaves who attempted repeatedly to escape from their masters. A physician prescribed whipping and toe amputation as “treatments”. Psychiatric diagnoses are shaped by the views of the historical period.

– a need for treatment, – irrationality, – and loss of control over one’s behavior.

Historical Conceptions of MI From nonscience to science. During Middle Ages, mental illnesses were often viewed through a demonic model. Odd behaviors (hearing voices, talking to oneself, etc) were the result of evil spirits inhabiting (infesting) the body. Exorcisms and witch hunts were common during this time.

Malleus maleficarum (1486) written by two Dominican priests was witch- hunt manuals.

The infamous “dunking test” for witches. According to the dunking test, if a woman drowned, it meant she wasn’t a witch. In contrast, if she floated to the top of the water, it meant she was a witch and needed to be executed.

The photograph has been taken in Girne Museum by Bahar Baştuğ.

Historical Conceptions of MI During Renaissance, the medical model saw MI as a physical disorder needing treatment. In the 15 th century, began housing people in asylums – but they were often overcrowded and understaffed. Treatments were no better than before (bloodletting and snake pits).

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Bedlam St. Mary of Bethlehem Hospital in London— Bedlam (1547) was opened. Cures included ice water (hydrotherapy) and bloodletting. Above photograph has been taken in British Museum by Bahar Baştuğ.

Historical Conceptions of MI Reformers like Phillippe Pinel and Dorothea Dix pushed for moral treatment.

Historical Conceptions of MI Treated patients with dignity, respect, and kindness. Prior to moral treatment, patients in asylums were bound in chains; following moral treatment, they were free to roam the halls of hospitals, get fresh air, and interact freely with staff and other patients. Still no effective treatments, though, so many continued to suffer with no relief.

Modern Era In early 1950s, chlorpromazine (Largactil) was developed. Moderately decreased symptoms of schizophrenia and similar problems. Many patients with these conditions became able to function independently, and some returned to their families. With advent of other medications, policy of deinstitutionalization was enacted.

Modern Era Deinstitutionalization had mixed results. Some patients returned to almost normal lives but tens of thousands had no follow-up care and went off medications. Community mental health centers attempt to help this problem.

Diagnosis across Cultures Psychiatric diagnoses are shaped not only by history, but also by culture. Certain conditions are culture-bound. Koro involves believing your genitals are disappearing and withdrawing into your abdomen. Amok is marked by episodes of intense sadness and brooding followed by uncontrolled behavior and causeless violence.

Diagnosis across Cultures Taijin kyofushu is a fear of offending others by saying something offensive or body odor. Culture may influence how people express interpersonal anxiety. CULTURAL UNIVERSALITY Many severe mental disorders (schizophrenia, alcoholism, psychopathy) appear to be universal across cultures.

The “evil eye” is a culture-bound syndrome common in Mediterranean and Latin countries. Believed by its victims to be brought on by the glance of a malicious person, it is marked by insomnia, nervousness, crying for no reason, and vomiting.

What is psychopathology? History of Psychopathology – Demonic model, medical model, – moral treatment, deinstitutionalization Diagnosis of culture –bound.

Psychiatric Classification and Diagnosis Psychiatric diagnoses serve two functions: 1)They help us identify the psychological problem a person is experiencing. Once we’ve identified the problem, it’s often easier to select a treatment. 2) Psychiatric diagnoses make it easier for mental health professionals to communicate.

Misconceptions Psychiatric diagnosis is nothing more than classifying. Psychiatric diagnoses are unreliable. Psychiatric diagnoses are invalid. Psychiatric diagnoses stigmatize people.

Trials involving “dueling expert witnesses” may contribute to the erroneous public perception that psychologists can’t agree on the diagnoses of individuals with suspected mental disorders.