Question

based on your reading on ''madness and civilization'', expla,n how our definitions of health affect the treatment models that we use in healthcare.Give details about pros and cons of definitions (you can use research about DSM,its effectiveness and its strictness). You are asked to back up your thoughts with scientific articles if possible.You will be asked to cite references in APA6 style. please write 1 to 2 pages minimum

Answer 1

#. Author of "Madness and Civilization." Outlined different forms of madness and how it was accepted in society over various time periods. Produced historical accounts of how ideas are formed and examined production of truth. Did not hold a progressive view of history and feels society hasn't evolved b/c we use knowledge to marginalize each other.

- Foucault's Forms of Madness

Madness by romantic identification; madness by vain presumption (grant oneself powers he/she may lack); madness of just punishment (chastises disorders of the mind); madness of desperate passion (disappointment of unfilled love)

- Madness in the Middle Ages/Renaissance

Madness wasn't demonized; liberation of madness = madness as part of everyday life.

"Ship of Fools" - madness excluded and enclosed in limited places, ambivalence towards madness. Leaving them to their own devices.

Over time madness becomes more commonplace and liberated. No longer associated w/ apocalypse; represented in art and literature.

- Madness in the Classical Period

"Great Confinement"; social class approach, confining the made for not taking part in societal norms; associated with workhouses, not medical establishments. Madness confined w/ other 'social deviants' such as the poor and unemployed.

- Madness in the Modern Age

Viewed through a medical lens; mad are separated from other social deviants; asylums replace workhouses; viewed as moral outcasts.

#. The four approaches to mental disorders :-

1) Psychology

Study of thought and behavior of mental processes. Broad field covering various fields such as clinical, experimental, educational, and forensic. Originally appeared in 19th century.

2) Psychoanalysis

Psychological and psycho therapeutic theories and techniques related to the examination of the human unconscious. Spawned from Sigmund Freud, who provided innovative conceptual framing about human psychological development and treatment for mental ailments. Method of treating neurotic disorders grounded in 'free association.'

3) Pyschotherapy

Also known as 'talking therapy,' tends to be less intensive and less frequent visits than psychoanalysis. Ex. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - change maladaptive patterns of behavior to improve emotional cognition, responses, and interactions with others; break relationship between irrational thoughts, negative emotions, and inappropriate behaviors.

4) Psychiatry

Historical roots in medicine; licensed medical professional who can diagnose and treat patients with mental health problems. Foundation in Schizophrenia and Manic Depression (Bipolar Disorder). Only around 200 years old.