Mental disorders which falls under the umbrella of Abnormal psychology can be attributed to the ability to treat and diagnose mental disorders. Based on advances such as the development of the scientific method psychologists are now able to fully and efficiently attribute the causes of mental disorders to physical and unphysical traits. The process i...
It involves a living human organism, or more precisely, the conditioning of an individual human mind. A social environment or culture may be conducive either to sickness or health, but the quality produced is characteristic only a person. (Joahado, M.,1958) In other words, mental health is a result of not only the thoughts, ideas, and aspects of an individual, but also of the way in which he perceives his environment. Six major approaches to the subject of mental health include: Attitudes of the individual toward himself; b. Degree to which person realizes his potentialities through action; c. Unification of function in the individual’s personality; d. Individual’s degree of independence of social influences; e. How the individual sees the world around him; and f. Ability to take life as it comes and master it. (Jaohado, M. 1958) At least two or more of these major approaches to the subject are highly influenced by the prejudices and biases that result in the production and perpetuation of certain stereotypes that target individuals, especially people of color; for example, the way in which a colored person, such as a Black person, views himself is extremely influenced through constant media perpetuation of black people only being associated with crime and murder and being identified as violent individuals. As a result, this also affects another major approach to mental health, how the individual perceives the world around him, thus
The World Health Organization (WHO) highlights mental health as an important health issue through it’s overarching definition of health as a “state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity (1)." Mental health can be defined as the position in which a person is at an optimal level of psychological, social and emotional wellbeing (2). It is important to note that these definitions are framed within a health lense and it is necessary to understand that health is influenced by broader social determinants (Buse et al.
In general, mental health has been defined as multifaceted based on six dimensions behavioral, cognitive, socio-political, effective, spiritual and psychological. In addition, mental health comprise of spiritual and emotional resilience that help an individual to continue surviving after sadness, disappointments and pains have occurred(Thomas, 2016). However, mental illness in refers to a mental health problem that involves the changes in
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How can at least two elements of the SEEP model be used to explain why it is important to look at more than just biological factors to understand mental health problems?
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In the past few decades, clinical treatment has moved on from biomedical approach to the biopsychosocial approach. Scientists now believe that health of an individual is not merely due to physiological conditions but may also depend on psychological and socio-cultural perspectives(Engel, 1977). The term health psychology was developed by the American Psychological Association to describe health and wellness issues that arise from psychological problems. Health psychology stems from Systems theory, which says that human events such as injury and illness exist within several interconnected systems, such as our peer relationships, childhood experiences, personality and other factors (Schwartz, 1982).
This essay will focus on the bio-medical and the social models of health, within the mental health domain, and will also briefly discuss how these models can be related to other sociological
Biospsychosocial describes the interaction between the biological, psychological, and social realm within an individual. “The developmental sciences recognize a need for integrating the sociological, psychological, and biobehavioral approaches to understand developmental concerns” (Ashford, 2013, p. 20). The biological refers to the physical body and its genetics, health status and reactions to drugs. The psychological refers to the cognitive, emotional and coping mechanisms. The social refers to one’s culture, personal social skills and support system. Together, all these make up the biospsychosocial in assessing a person and their environment.
There are two types of research, the first qualitative; an in-depth broad investigation, detailed analysis looking at opinions, the data collected will be rich, and will have understandings. This, according to Bell (2010, p.5) is “concerned to understand individuals perceptions of the world”