History of Mental Illness: From Spirits to Science Study Guide
This guide traces the historical understanding of mental illness, from early spiritual interpretations and treatments like trepanning to the development of medical theories by figures like Hippocrates and Plato. It covers the influence of religion in the Middle Ages, contrasting European and Islamic approaches, and the subsequent periods of persecution and reform leading to the Moral Treatment Movement. The guide highlights the paradigm shift from supernatural to medical and social models of men
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Mental Health and Mental Illness Definitions
Mental Health Definitions and Perspectives
This lecture covers definitions, history, and theoretical perspectives regarding mental health, mental illness, and mental disorders.
- Mental health
- Mental illness
- Mental disorders
- Serious Mental Illness (SMI)
- Psychiatric disorder
- Mental well-being
- Societal values
- Mental health statistics
Mental Health Definitions and Perspectives
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Understanding Trauma and Trauma-Informed Practice
Trauma Informed Practice Principles and Application
Trauma informed practice involves the awareness and recognition of trauma and the application of six principles to avoid re-traumatization of clients and staff.
- The Four R's: Realize, Recognize, Respond, Resist
- Safety
- Collaboration & mutuality
- Trustworthiness & Transparency
- Empowerment, voice, and choice
- Peer support & mutual self-help
- Cultural, Historical and Gender issues
- Compassion fatigue
- De-escalation techniques
Cultural Safety, Competence, and Humility
Cultural Safety, Humility, and Indigenous Realities
This content explores definitions of diversity, systemic racism, and colonialism while examining the history and legacy of Canada's residential school system and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
- Diversity
- Systemic Racism
- Colonialism
- Settler Colonialism
- Anti-Indigenous Racism
- Residential School System
- The Sixties Scoop
- Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
- Intergenerational Trauma
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- Calls to Action
- Cultural Humility
- Cultural Competence
Understanding Stigma and Mental Health
Conceptualizing Stigma and Mental Illness
This content explores the progression from labeling and stereotypes to stigma, discrimination, and loss of social status within social psychology and sociology.
- Labeling
- Stereotypes
- Discrimination
- Loss of social status
- Enacted stigma
- Self-stigma
- Mental health stigma
- Media stereotypes
- Anti-stigma campaigns
History and Theoretical Perspectives of Mental Illness
History and Theory of Mental Illness
A historical timeline exploring mental illness from the Stone Ages through the 1800s, including early treatments, religious views, and societal reactions.
- Stone Ages and Ancient Times
- Trepanning treatment
- Hippocrates
- Hysteria
- Wandering uterus
- Plato
- Diseases of the soul
- Middle Ages
- Rise of Christianity
- Islamic world asylums
- Witchcraft and religious persecution
A Historical Journey of Understanding Mental Illness
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History of Mental Health Treatment
A historical overview of the Moral Treatment Movement, psychoanalytic therapies, pharmacological developments, and the evolution of mental health services.
- Moral Treatment Movement
- Psychoanalytic therapies
- Deinstitutionalization
- Assertive Community Treatment
- Anti-psychotic drugs
- Lithium
- Behavioural Therapy
- Mental health policies
- Brain imaging
Theoretical Perspectives of Mental Illness
This document explores various theoretical perspectives including biological, psychodynamic, humanistic, existential, sociocultural, and cognitive approaches to understanding and treatment of mental illness.
- Biological Perspective
- Neurotransmitters
- Psychodynamic Perspective
- Id, ego, and superego
- Humanistic Perspective
- Self-actualization
- Existential Perspective
- Sociocultural Perspective
- Cognitive Perspective
- Cognitive distortions
Classification and Diagnosis of Mental Health Conditions
Classification of Mental Health Conditions
The ICD provides a common language for reporting and monitoring diseases, mortality, and morbidity statistics.
- ICD-10
- ICD-11
- World Health Organization
- Mortality and morbidity statistics
- Organic mental disorders
- Mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use
- Schizophrenia
- Schizotypal and delusional disorders
- Mood disorders
- Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders
- Behavioural syndromes associated with physiological disturbances
- Disorders of adult personality and behaviour
- Mental retardation
- Disorders of psychological development
- Behavioural and emotional disorders
Treatment Approaches for Mental Health Conditions
Components and Types of Psychotherapy
This content explores components of psychotherapy, various types of psychotherapy, and mental health care professionals.
- Collaborative treatment
- Psychoanalysis
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Humanistic Therapy
- Existential Therapy
- Interpersonal Therapy
- Behavioural Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Expressive or creative arts therapy
- Animal-assisted therapy
- Mental health care professionals
Behavioral Conditioning and Learned Responses
Behavioral Psychology and Learning Theories
Human behaviour is viewed as learned responses to environmental stimuli in the environment through operant and classical conditioning.
- Observable behaviour
- Operant conditioning
- Classical conditioning
- Punishment
- Reward
- Behaviour modification
- Learned helplessness
- Aversive stimulus
Introduction to the DSM-5 Manual
Categories of Mental Disorders
A classification of twenty categories of mental disorders including neurodevelopmental, psychotic, depressive, anxiety, and personality disorders.
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
- Depressive Disorders
- Anxiety Disorders
- Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
- Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
- Dissociative Disorders
- Feeding and Eating Disorders
- Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
- Elimination Disorders
- Sleep-wake Disorders
- Sexual Dysfunctions
- Gender Dysphoria
- Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders
- Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
- Neurocognitive Disorders
- Personality Disorders
- Paraphilic Disorders
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