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Title: CONCEPTIONS OF MENTAL ILLNESS


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CHANGING CONCEPTIONS OF MENTAL ILLNESS
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CONCEPTIONS OF MENTAL ILLNESS
  • HOW VIEWS OF MENTAL ILLNESS HAVE CHANGED OVER
    TIME
  • CURRENT CONCEPTIONS OF MENTAL ILLNESS
  • WHERE DRAW THE LINE BETWEEN MENTAL ILLNESS AND
    NORMALITY?

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PRE 20TH CENTURY
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PRE-20TH CENTURY
  • MENTAL ILLNESS IS UNIVERSAL
  • MENTAL ILLNESS LIMITED TO SMALL NUMBER OF MOST
    SERIOUS CONDITIONS
  • MENTALLY ILL HIGHLY STIGMATIZED

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CAUSES
  • NOT MUCH KNOWN
  • SUPERNATURAL
  • BRAIN DISEASE

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EARLY TREATMENT
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EARLY TREATMENT
  • LITTLE KNOWLEDGE
  • PRE-19TH CENTURY FAMILY RESPONSIBILITY OR LEFT
    TO FEND FOR SELVES
  • NO OUTPATIENT TREATMENT
  • 19TH CENTURY - SHUT AWAY IN INSTITUTIONS

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PRE-20TH CENTURY
  • LIMITED TO SMALL NUMBER OF SEVERE CONDITIONS
  • MENTALLY ILL BIZARRE AND DIFFERENT FROM NORMAL
  • CAUSES UNKNOWN
  • INSTITUTIONALIZED

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CURRENT CONCEPTIONS
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CURRENT CONCEPTIONS
  • BEGAN WITH DSM-III (1980) - NOW NEARLY 400
    CONDITIONS
  • NOT JUST MOST SEVERE CONDITIONS BUT MANY
    DIFFERENT CONDITIONS

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M.I. WIDESPREAD
  • NO LONGER SEEN AS UNUSUAL BUT MANY PEOPLE
    AFFECTED BY THEM
  • 50 PERCENT OF POPULATION OVER LIFETIME 20
    PERCENT IN ANY GIVEN YEAR

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NORMALIZATION
  • MENTALLY ILL NOT SEEN AS DIFFERENT FROM NORMAL
  • MENTALLY ILL NOT CERTAIN KIND OF PERSON BUT
    NORMAL PERSON WITH PARTICULAR DISEASE

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MEDICALIZATION
  • EMOTIONS AND BEHAVIORS VIEWED AS MENTAL ILLNESSES
  • TREATED BY PROFESSIONALS
  • GENETICS AND BRAIN CHEMISTRY AT FAULT

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TREATMENT
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TREATMENT
  • SSRI - SELECTIVE SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITORS -
    ANTI-DEPRESSANTS
  • HUGE INCREASE IN DRUG TREATMENT - 60 MILLION
    SCRIPTS
  • 3 OF 7 MOST PRESCRIBED DRUGS

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THERAPEUTIC CULTURE
  • MORE PEOPLE IN TREATMENT AND MORE MENTAL HEALTH
    PROFS.

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RATES OF TREATMENT
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SUMMARY OF TRENDS
  • FROM ONLY SERIOUS TO MANY CONDITIONS
  • FROM RARE TO WIDESPREAD
  • FROM STIGMATIZED TO MEDICALIZED

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SUMMARY OF TRENDS
  • FROM INSTITUTIONS TO OUTPATIENT THERAPY AND DRUGS
  • FROM SEGREGATION TO PART OF CULTURE

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WHERE DRAW THE LINE?
  • ARE TOO MANY CONDITIONS MEDICALIZED NOW?
  • HOW CAN WE SEPARATE WHATS M.I. FROM WHATS
    NORMAL?

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SOPRANOS
  • BEHAVIORS VIEWED AS DISEASES
  • CHANGE OVER TIME FROM ROWDY TO SICK
  • CONFLICT WITH MUCH LAY CULTURE
  • RISE OF M.H. PROFESSIONALS
  • TREATMENT NOT PUNISHMENT
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