Section A: Issues in mental health

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Topic 1-historical views of mental ilness
What is the prehistory supernatur...,
What treatments were used in the ...,
What is the greek humoral theory ...
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Topic 1-defining abnormality
What are the four definitions of ...,
Define statistical infrequency 2,
Define deviation from social norms 3
9  cards
Topic 1-categorising mental disorders
Who produces the icd 1,
What two classification systems a...,
What does the icd include that th...
7  cards
Topic 1-Rosenhan (1973) on Being insane in sane places
Study 1 aim rosenhan 1,
Study 1 sample participants 2,
Study 1 research method 3
25  cards
Topic 1-evaluation of historical context of mental health
Why does rosenhan s study have hi...,
What limits the ecological validi...,
How is rosenhan s study reliable 3
21  cards
Topic 1-characteristics of affective, psychotic and anxiety disorders
What are affective disorders also...,
What is exogenous reactive depres...,
What is endogenous depression 3
22  cards
Topic 2-Biochemical explanation of mental illness
What is the medical model of ment...,
How does neurotransmission link t...,
What are excitatory and inhibitor...
24  cards
Topic 2-Genetic Explanation of mental illness
What is the genetic explanation o...,
What does heritability mean in ps...,
How do family studies support a g...
25  cards
Topic 2-Gottesman et al (2010) on Genetic Explanations
What was the aim of gottesman et ...,
What research method did gottesma...,
What was the key overall finding 3
14  cards
Topic 2-Evaluation of Medical model
How does gottesman et al 2010 sup...,
What key pattern in gottesman et ...,
Why does gottesman et al support ...
19  cards
Topic 2-Brain abnormality as an explanation of mental ilness
What is the brain abnormality exp...,
What does localisation of functio...,
Which key brain areas are involve...
19  cards
Topic 2-Biological treatment of one specific disorder
Biological treatment schizophreni...,
How do typical antipsychotics red...,
What are typical first generation...
12  cards
Topic 3-Behaviorist explanation of mental illness
What is the behaviourist explanat...,
Which three learning principles a...,
What is classical conditioning 2
21  cards
Topic 3-Cognitive explanation of mental ilness
What is the cognitive explanation...,
How does the cognitive view diffe...,
Cognitive explanation of depressi...
15  cards
Topic 3-Psychodynamic explanation of mental illness
What is the psychodynamic explana...,
What is freud s tripartite person...,
Why does conflict between the id ...
17  cards
Topic 3- Szasz (2011) The myth of mental illness
What was szasz s core claim about...,
Why did szasz call mental illness...,
According to szasz how should we ...
17  cards
Topic 3-Evalution of research on alternatives to medical model
What is the main validity critici...,
Why is reliability difficult to j...,
Why is szasz s key research socia...
11  cards
Topic 3-Non biological treatment of one specific disorder
Non biological treatment phobias ...,
What is counterconditioning in sd 2,
What is reciprocal inhibition 3
14  cards

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