Theories Of Psychiatry

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Psychiatry was involved in personality disorders, which then were connected to psychopathic behaviors, which are considered aggressive and antisocial. 3.2 Criminology According to Bartol, in an article titled Psychiatrist and the science of criminology: Sociological, psychological and psychiatric analysis of the dark side, he argues three things: Conformism, non-conformism, and neutral. Conformism states that humans are favorable, conforming people; therefore, doing what society deems good. This theory further explains that humans are strongly influenced by values and attitudes of the society in which they live in. Additionally, Merton R. K. 's theory demonstrates that education, social structure, and family influence can help access the …show more content…

To begin, in 2009, the epidemiologist Jacques Baillargeon of the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston alongside his colleagues, described this situation as a “national public health crisis.” The group describes that everything started in the 1960s, thanks to the antipsychotic medication which led to a movement of closing various psychiatric hospitals to an extent. The now-closed institutions were supposed to be replaced by a close-by community facility, and the health insurance you had was supposed to cover mental health treatment, but the failure to ensure both led to the war-on-drugs that began in the 1980s. The war on drugs led to increased drug arrests, and led to mandatory and fixed sentences. Sadly, but no surprise, more offenders that were on drugs were wrongly incarcerated for many years, this due to failure from the government to protect them. A vicious cycle began, the first step being incarcerated, the second paying for your sentence, and third: Being released into a community which had no help for those who needed it; No jobs, treatment or housing. The fourth step was drifting into homelessness, and the fifth, to no surprise: Decline in your mental health and offending …show more content…

Mednick explained that he believes that criminal behavior itself cannot be inherited, but that the biological factors can be. Dr. Mednick compared his theory to low intelligence and predisposition to alcoholism. Additionally, Dr. Mednick went on to state that these are also related to high anti-social behaviors. To prove his theory, Dr. Mednick studied the lives of the adopted Danish children who and then compared the criminal tendencies of their biological parents. Dr. Mednick found that those who had parents with criminal backgrounds and behaviors had an increased criminal background than those with "regular" parents. 4.4 Prevention According to a research produced for the National Evaluation of the Children’s Fund, by David Prior and Alison Paris Institute of Applied Social Studies they went to state that there are two things to prevent criminal behavior in children: 1. "Onset and escalation: the prevention of the onset of criminal and anti-social behavior amongst children who have not previously exhibited such behavior and the prevention of the escalation of anti-social behavior from minor to more serious levels. In both cases, a key concept in supporting preventive interventions is ‘risk’ – the identification of, and provision of services to support, children who are judged to be at risk of engaging in criminal and anti- social behavior is of paramount

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