HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Somatic Symptom Disorder, Eating Disorder, Mental Disorder
12 Oct 2017
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Some will be based on the readings (not from the text) online journals. Understanding the primary argument made by the author, no detail. Social process- how we see the world and understand other people. White & black practitioners diagnosing the same black patients- white disproportionately diagnosed them with schizophrenia. Number of different reasons, broader cultural movement: materialism (all life has its. Dominant ideas from past either harmful or fruitless. Biological explanations, (eg. no way to measure the parts of the personality (freud id, roots in physical matter) Punish & control deviance rather than help people. Can"t clearly define when it starts and ends. May not want to recognize it or be aware. Criticises how to intervene with mental illness. Can"t take a one size fits all approach. Savelli agrees with his argument that it is not universal. No one universal answer (potential to push ngo"s into traumatization) Somatic symptom disorder focuses on one key symptom.
