Exam 8: Mental Disorders

Describe the evolution of mental illness and the handing of mental illness in society,past and present.Discuss the role that various moral entrepreneurs play to contribute to the deviance of mental illness.Now predict where deviance and mental health might be going in the future.

Research has found that both sex and race influence psychiatric diagnosis and/or treatment.

Barbara is a 35 year old woman.Which of the following mental disorders is she more likely to have,when compared to her 35 year old male neighbour?

Which of the following statements accurately describes Rosenhan's research on psychiatric diagnosis and treatment ("Being sane in insane places")?

The World Health Organization's Mental Health Global Action Programme (mhGAP)acts to resist inadequate and insufficient care for people with mental disorders,rather than to resist the stigmatization of mental illness.

The hydraulic relationship that exists between the mental health care system and the criminal justice system means that increases in the prison population result in more people receiving treatment for mental disorders.

Explain the relationship between gender and mental disorders.Highlight the types of illness and suggest deviance theories that might explain why (or if)these differences occur.

As of 2006,Canada was the only G8 nation to lack a national mental health policy.

In Canada,approximately 80% of the adult population knows someone with a mental disorder.

Physical illnesses are more likely to remain undiagnosed in people with mental disorders,in part because their doctors attribute the physical symptoms being experienced to the mental disorder itself.

According to Wolff (2007),what are the problems with cost-of-illness estimates in relation to mental illness?

People with mental illnesses who live in rural areas have an easier time with recovery than those who live in urban areas,due to the stronger social support networks in rural communities.

Briefly discuss 3 social factors that are known to impact mental health status.

In Rosenhan's study ("Being sane in insane places"),other patients were more accurate than the medical staff in detecting the "sanity" of the pseudo-patients.

The World Health Organization recognized that the social determinants of health such as income,gender,human rights conditions are important factors when studying mental health.

Rosenhan's research ("Being sane in insane places")described the dehumanizing treatment that patients in psychiatric institutions frequently faced,an empirical reflection of Goffman's concept of the total institution.

Which of the following statements about patterns of mental illness based on gender and socioeconomic status is true?