Common Mental Illnesses: Symptoms and Treatments
Understanding Mental Illnesses and Treatments
Mental illnesses are conditions that present alterations in a person’s thinking, emotions, and behavior. Treatments can be of a psychiatric and psychological nature, and in most cases, a combination of both is used.
Types of Treatment
Psychiatric Treatment
This treatment is carried out using psychoactive drugs (e.g., anxiolytics, antidepressants).
Psychological Treatment
This involves psychotherapy. The therapist reinforces the patient’s own mechanisms to
Read MoreUnderstanding the Complexity of Human Behavior
The Variety of Influences on Behavior
Behavior isn’t determined by a single cause, but by multiple factors converging at a specific time. Societal and cultural influences play a significant role in shaping individual motivations and actions, without fully determining them. This is explained by the overall structure of motivations. Pressures on an individual basis also influence each other. The grounds of motivation are an internal process within each person. It is the subject themselves who is motivated
Read MoreFactors in Juvenile Sentencing and Imprisonment Effects
Current Status of Children in the Justice System
It had become apparent that there was a discriminatory practice at the time that required intervention in formal social control. We can say that this situation has been overcome. Children involved in the justice system, facing both standard and very unfavorable personal situations, often come from families with comfortable financial positions, although some families also struggle financially. The social environment from which they come is characterized
Read MoreFreud’s Economic Theory of Instinctual Drives
Freud’s Economic Hypothesis of Psychic Energy
The economic perspective in Freudian theory postulates the existence of a psychic energy. This energy can increase, decrease, move, or be released, distributing itself throughout the structures that constitute the human psyche and activating its various processes. An example Freud observed is the sharp changes in the intensity of impulses and experiences related to instinctual drives, particularly in neurotics.
Freud used the term instinct (or later, drive)
Read MoreKey Sociology Concepts and Definitions
- Theory
- A set of statements that seeks to explain problems, actions, or behavior.
- Dramaturgical Approach
- People are seen as theatrical performers.
- Culture
- The totality of learned, socially transmitted customs, knowledge, material objects, and behavior.
- Ethnocentrism
- The tendency to assume that one’s own culture and way of life represents the norm or is superior to others.
- Ascribed Status
- A status one is born with.
- Achieved Status
- A status one earns.
- In-groups
- Any groups or categories to which people feel they
Mastering Self-Talk, Crisis Response & Social Interaction
Self-Talk Techniques for Development
Self-talk influences motor responses, physiological states, and cognitive development. It consists of internal instructions individuals give themselves to direct their actions. For example: “I will get to work.”
Objective
To teach effective self-talk strategies that enable rapid action by modifying the internal verbalizations used when facing challenging situations.
Applications of Self-Talk
- Control inappropriate behavior
- Manage anxiety
- Control aggression
- Ignore insults
- Handle