SOC211H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Community Mental Health Service, The Birth Of The Clinic, Deinstitutionalisation
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Three main sections 3-4 questions per section: medicalization of deviance (3, mental health (3, science and religion (4) Explain why it is not an all or nothing phenomenon. It is easier to live stigmatized as sick rather than label it which legitimizes your suffering - there is a thin line between the two. You (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:859)t see (cid:373)e(cid:374)tal ill(cid:374)ess under a microscope. Doctors use their power to give treatments and medications for mental illness, and everything from baldness to cancer is connected to medicine and the pharmaceutical industry. Includes a wide range of categories (vastly expanding rate of things changing from deviant acts to medical problem)- alcoholism, pms, ptsd, ed, adhd etc. People are diagnosed with these now bc we are more likely to la(cid:271)el (cid:373)edi(cid:272)all(cid:455). *a(cid:272)(cid:272)o(cid:396)di(cid:374)g to so(cid:272)iologists(cid:859) ill(cid:374)ess is (cid:374)ot a(cid:374) ill(cid:374)ess u(cid:374)til someone in power labels it accordingly.
