HS203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Postpartum Depression, Mental Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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Historical terminology: mental health = madness and lunacy (lunatic, legal meanings, medical meanings, this class: pre-1789 patients & psych. Dsm diagnostic & statistical manual of mental disorders: apa manual, dms-1 in 1952, dsm-5 in 2013, classifies mental disorders, government statistics: census. If you have a mental disorder, it has to be in this book. The majority of mental health conditions are serious : complex conditions, genetic, biological, environmental and personality, canada - 1794017940 billions every year. If not in the dsm, the illness doesn"t exist: psychiatrists must agree" that a disease exists, always medicalizing behaviours: extreme cases, homosexuality 1952. Other categories: neuro-developmental disorders, autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, eating disorders, breathing-sleep disorders (sleep apnea, sexual dysfunctions, substance & addiction disorders. Why do somatic diseases have the same symptoms as mental illnesses: fevers are rampant in antiquity, parasites and infections, extreme pain and suffering, drugs and alcohol. Madness fits into humoral theories: latitude on diagnoses.
