1. The history of mental/ behavioral treatment and its dysfunctions a. Punishment was acceptable treatment when behavior was out of decorum i. Beatings, confinement, and being strapped down was suitable treatment ii. Ex. Elizabethan Poor Laws of 1601 b. The culture of treatment consisted of the belief that people may be seen as sick and need to be healed c. There was a glorification of the pain that an individual may be going through for the opportunity to grow i. Hallucinations and delusions were thought as communication with the gods ii. Questions were not raised to see if these experiences were true d. Patients lose freedom from involuntary treatments (sterilization, electroconvulsive therapy, lobotomies) 2. Finding the balance between social …show more content…
When treating in mental health centers it is critical that no professional think they know all the answers and know how to learn from others to be effective b. Mental health workers are meant to understand and control the behavior of their clients c. Clients need to be able to learn to problem solve in calamitous situations without being threatened d. It’s expected that clients maintain social norms in public 3. Skinner believed that people need to do what’s best for the big picture rather than the individual a. When feelings and values are dismissed, dignity and freedom and dismissed, human functionality and malleability are the main focus b. It is believed that there is no true freedom so it can be regulated c. Rogers opposed Skinner’s beliefs i. Intraspective is the autonomy or subjective experience ii. Extraspective is that there is something greater influencing our actions or observable behavior 1. Antimony of reason is that there is two true statements that contradict each other 4. The different forms of sickness and suffering a. Arthur Kleinman answers Szasz’z debate i. Illness is the understanding that a community has on certain symptoms and what to do what it 1. This is determined by the culture ii. A disease is an explanation or theory of the …show more content…
The most wealthy country had 1 million people attempt suicide 5. Convenience vs. effective treatment a. The biological approach supports medical treatment rather than psychological theories b. The government pays the most for mental health services i. Health care cost have gone up, but endeavors in mental health care have remained the same ii. Power of treatment has caused theories to be believed as facts 6. The myths of mental health care a. Objectivity can be achieved i. There is no black and white definition or treatment to mental disorders ii. It is not uncommon for people to have multiple diagnoses and prescribed powerful prescriptions b. Mental health can be measured i. There are things in this world that are not measurable ii. Feelings can make us too overwhelmed to see the true problem iii. Sometimes chaos or stress can be good for the client and provide growth c. We can expect better mental health care with time i. It makes people feel better about a mental illness if it is blamed on a factor out of their control (genes, chemical imbalance) ii. It is believed by many that mental illness can be fixed with a pill 1. Psychiatrists have craved this link with the medical realm 2. 25 years ago psychiatric medications