FRHD 3090 Lecture 2: mentall illness

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 3090
• Professor: Michelle Preyde

Document Summary

*make sure to know that the length of time people are in poverty is important in measuring poverty therefore measuring poverty is in terms of depth and length. Refer to clinically significant patterns of behavioural or emotional function that are associated with some level of distress, suffering or impairment in one or more areas of functioning (e. g. work, school, social and family interactions) Caused by complex interactions between physical, psychological, social, biological and hereditary influences. People first movement -> move people with mental illness (& intellectual disabilities etc. ) in to the community. March 2009, ontario closed last 3 of its large scale government operated institutions. Possi(cid:271)le (cid:449)ith the de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t of (cid:858)effe(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e(cid:859) psy(cid:272)hoti(cid:272) drugs. Greater emphasis on viewing people with mi as members of families and communities. Certain interactions between families and people with mi can improve or worsen mi. Therapeutic techniques have been developed to prevent re-institutionalization. Discharged earlier into partial or day programs.