Question 1

Apply the three components of the social typing process to the medicalization of mental illness.

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Question 2

Describe who has been helped by deinstitutionalization, and who has been harmed by it. Explain what the consequences are for those people who are harmed by deinstitutionalization.

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Question 3

While there is a biological component to mental illness, it is a social phenomenon as well. Existing social factors of a society impact who experiences mental illness and society also determines how it is socially constructed. Discuss both the objective and subjective aspects of mental illness and how they are interrelated.

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Question 4

Early research on mental illness indicated that more women than men experience a mental illness. Explain the flaws of this research and provide examples.

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Question 5

Apply two of Goffman's identity management techniques from his work on Stigma to the experience of having a mental illness. Provide examples.

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Question 6

Differentiate between the two explanations offered for the greater prevalence of mental illness among the lower classes.

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Question 7

Describe the hydraulic relationship that Penrose (1939)proposed existed between the mental health care system and the criminal justice system, and discuss the extent to which you believe this relationship still exists in the 21^st century.

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Question 8

Explain the relationship between gender and mental disorders. Highlight the types of illness and suggest deviance theories that might explain why (or if)these differences occur.

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Question 9

The Mental Health Commission of Canada has four main foci for it's national mental health policy. Which of the following is NOT part of their objectives?

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The Mental Health Commission of Canada's four main foci for its national mental health policy are an anti-stigma campaign, a program to reduce homelessness, a knowledge exchange centre, and a mental health strategy. Safe injection sites are not part of their objectives.

Question 10

If an organization wanted to run a conference to promote research and social networking opportunities for those working in mental health, they would be participating in which of the core strategies set out by the Mental Health Global Action Programme?

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Research is one of the core strategies set out by the Mental Health Global Action Programme.

Question 11

Summarize the key components of Canada's Mental Health Strategy. Discuss why you believe the points are important using evidence to support your position. Have they missed anything? Do you see challenges to this plan?

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Question 12

Mariya has been diagnosed with a cognitive disorder that also leads to anxiety. She has let certain Professors know at the university because they are empathetic and willing to work with her, but she keeps it hidden from anyone who does not seem supportive. She is engaging in one of Goffman's management technique. Which one?

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Mariya is dividing her social worlds by keeping her disorder hidden from those who don't seem supportive. This way, she can have control over the people who know about her disorder and can avoid negative consequences from those who may not understand or be sympathetic towards her condition.

Question 13

Describe the deviance dance surrounding mental illness, by discussing how the stigmatization of mental illness is resisted by (a)governments, (b)the medical community, and (c)social organizations.

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Question 14

The World Health Organization identified a number of social conditions that are associated with mental health status, which if the following was not mentioned?

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The WHO identified socio-economic status, education level, human rights standards, and gender as social conditions associated with mental health status, but did not mention existing medical diagnostic tools (i.e. the DSM).

Question 15

Describe the evolution of mental illness and the handing of mental illness in society, past and present. Discuss the role that various moral entrepreneurs play to contribute to the deviance of mental illness. Now predict where deviance and mental health might be going in the future.

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Question 16

Briefly discuss 3 social factors that are known to impact mental health status.

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Question 17

Discuss Rosenhan's (1973)explanation of how social factors and psychiatric biases affect the diagnosis of the mentally ill.

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Question 18

Which of the following aspects of mental illness are not included in deviance research?

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Question 19

List and describe four different ways that mental illness is socially controlled, and indicate whether each of those forms of social control is formal or informal.

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Question 20

Describe the process of reinstitutionalization, and explain why it is occurring.

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Quiz 8: Mental Disorders