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    MONIQUE MAVRONICOLAS – MENATL HEALTH AND MENTAL ILLNESSINCCORPORATING HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

    Introduction

    The objective of this assignment is to discuss a range of mental health approaches

    and methods. The aim of the assignment is to recognise mental health models,

    compare the different approaches and justify the relevance of these models. In

    addition the paper will also focus on psychological abnormalities and mental illnessby not only showing an understanding of the concept but also evaluation methods.

    The World Health organisation defines mental health as: “ state of well!being in

    which every individual reali"es his or her own potential, can cope with the normal

    stresses of life, can wor# productively and fruitfully and is able to ma#e a contribution

    to his or her community.$ %n the contrary mental illness is defined by the World

    Health %rganisation as: “&ental disorders comprise a broad range of problems, with

    different symptoms. However, they are generally characteri"ed by some combination

    of abnormal thoughts, emotions, behaviour and relationships with others. '(amples

    are schi"ophrenia, depression, mental retardation and disorders due to drug abuse.&ost of these disorders can be successfully treated.$

     s our understanding of mental health increases, more health care professionals

    realise how controversial the “tic# bo(es$ are in understanding mental health. With

    various research ta#ing place in different fields of study, each disciplines)

    methodologies are subject to their research, depicted viewpoint and often design

    their own conceptual mental health model to e(plain their findings. s we evolve

    though time our understandings of basic psychology *bnormal, ffective science,

     ffective neuroscience, +ehaviourism, +ehavioural neuroscience, ognitive,

    ognitive neuroscience, omparative, ross!cultural, ultural, -evelopmental,-ifferential, 'volutionary, '(perimental, Intelligence, &athematical,

    europsychology, /ersonality, /sycholinguistics, /sychophysics, /sychophysiology,

    0ocial, Theoretical1 ,applied psychology * nomalistic, pplied behaviour analysis,

     ssessment, linical, ommunity, onsumer , ounselling, 'ducational,

    'rgonomics, 2eminist, 2orensic, Health, Industrial and organi"ational, 3egal, &edia,

    &ilitary, &usic, %ccupational health, /astoral, /olitical, /sychometrics, 4eligion,

    0chool, 0port and e(ercise, 0uicidality, 0ystems, Traffic1 and the orientations or

    therapies * dlerian, nalytical, +ehaviourism, ognitive behavioural therapy,

    ognitivist, -escriptive, 'cological systems theory, 'motionally focused therapy, 

    '(istential therapy, 2amily therapy, 2eminist therapy, 5estalt psychology,

    Humanistic, 3ogo therapy, arrative therapy, /hilosophy, /sychoanalysis,

    /sychoanalytic theory, /sychodrama, /sychodynamic psychotherapy, 4ational

    emotive behaviour therapy, Transpersonal1 of these evolve too. With so many

    aspects, theories, treatments and psychologies, it is hard to #eep up with all the

    various approaches. 2or the purpose of this assignment 6 models7approaches will be

    discussed starting with an overview and ending with a tables that includes but not

    limited to, advantages, disadvantages and how the approaches can be applied to a

    specific illness7 mental health disorder.

    The Medical model/approach

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affective_sciencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affective_neurosciencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behaviorismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_neurosciencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_neurosciencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_neurosciencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-cultural_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developmental_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuropsychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personality_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycholinguisticshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychophysicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychophysiologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoretical_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomalistic_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applied_behavior_analysishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_testinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_behaviourhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counseling_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_factors_and_ergonomicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_and_organizational_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupational_health_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastoral_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychometricshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology_of_religionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicidologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adlerian_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behaviorismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_behavioral_therapyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitivism_(psychology)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descriptive_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_systems_theoryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotionally_focused_therapyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotionally_focused_therapyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existential_therapyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_therapyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_therapyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestalt_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanistic_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logotherapyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative_therapyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoanalysishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoanalytic_theoryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychodramahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychodynamic_psychotherapyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_emotive_behavior_therapyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_emotive_behavior_therapyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_emotive_behavior_therapyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transpersonal_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affective_neurosciencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behaviorismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_neurosciencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_neurosciencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-cultural_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developmental_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuropsychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personality_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycholinguisticshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychophysicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychophysiologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoretical_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomalistic_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applied_behavior_analysishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_testinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_behaviourhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counseling_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_factors_and_ergonomicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_and_organizational_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupational_health_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastoral_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychometricshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology_of_religionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicidologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adlerian_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behaviorismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_behavioral_therapyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitivism_(psychology)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descriptive_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_systems_theoryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotionally_focused_therapyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existential_therapyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_therapyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_therapyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestalt_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanistic_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logotherapyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative_therapyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoanalysishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoanalytic_theoryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychodramahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychodynamic_psychotherapyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_emotive_behavior_therapyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_emotive_behavior_therapyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transpersonal_psychologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affective_science

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    This model treats mental illness in the same way as if there is believed to be a

    physical cause. It considers symptoms to be e(ternal signs of the internal somatic

    conditions and the thought is that of8 if the symptoms are collected into similar

    groups, they will be able to be distinguished as syndrome and this will lead them to

    the discovery of the true cause and suitable physical treatment can be administered.

    The emphasis of this approach is on genetics, neurotransmitters, neurophysiology,neuroanatomy and argues that mental disorders are related to the physical structure

    and functioning of the brain. '(amples of mental disorders that can be based,

    treated within the biological model but not limited. 0chi"ophrenia an illness that can

    be identified by the biological model not just due to the lin# to genetics

    *predisposition to developing1, biochemistry *elevated levels of dopamine1 that can

    be associated with schi"ophrenia, neuroanatomy *brain structure1 abnormalities in

    the frontal and pre!frontal corte( and enlarged ventricles. /eople who suffer with the

    illness are often characterised by psychosis or otherwise #nown as a brea# with

    reality. They may perceive things that are not there *hearing voices, seeinghallucinations1, believing things are not true *paranoid delusions1, bi"arre language

    and going off on tangents when they spea#. /eople that suffer from schi"ophrenia

    often show behavioural disturbances having difficulty ta#ing care of themselves

    which includes dressing themselves, shopping, paying bills and poor social s#ills,

    often being socially withdrawn.

    The Behavioural model

    /sychologist that researched mental health and illness through the behavioural

    approach, based their assumptions on the belief that observable empirical data can

    be obtained through controlled observation that could be scientifically measured.

    They suggested that psychology should be seen as a science and that mental health

    or illness *or our behaviour due to this1 is a result of stimulus. 0ome of the other

    basic assumptions were that mental health or mental illness could be cause by

    conditioning. %ne conditions oneself without realising it by doing everyday things and

    associating some things with negativity and others through positive association.

    Therefore the approach suggest that one)s mental health or illness is influence by

    their environment and conditioning. Illnesses such as phobias, that ta#es place due

    to classical conditioning *in one)s past one learned to associate emotion of fear with

    the stimulus that create the fear1. +ased on this there are a lot of underlyingenvironmental influences that has an impact on behaviour. The idea that the person

    might have a mental illness is not considered as the model does not allow space for

    mental structures but rather the behaviour of the person.

    The Psychological model

    The core assumption of this approach is that the roots of mental disorders are

    psychological. The disorder is within the unconscious mind and are the result the

    failure of defence mechanisms to protect the self *or ego1 from an(iety. &any of

    these intrapsychic conflicts involve basic biological instincts, especially se(ual ones.

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    &any adult problems are reflections of these earlier conflicts, particularly those

    stemming from infancy and early childhood *such as the %edipus conflict1.

    Spiritual model

    0uggested as one of the oldest models behind mental health issues. The model

    suggests that religion is #ey and that those with mental illnesses have eithercommitted sin and therefor have been possessed with demons or spirits. lot of

    these aspects touch on religion hence the association of sin and been “doomed$ or

    possessed. The model also suggests that it is closely tied into cultural beliefs, where

    a culture connects its beliefs of the une(plained *due to uneducated and ill informed1

    or not able to understand to the unacceptable. ontrary to the aforementioned

    cultural believes and their views of mental health, in society today, the believe is that

    religion or spirituality could contribute to mental health.

    Moral character model

    The character model suggests that one)s moral values are inevitable embedded in

    ones outsets of mental health. The way we were taught as to what was right and

    wrong according to society, the things that are acceptable and those that aren)t. The

    model lin# our morality and mental health in view of our character. It suggests that

    our coping mechanisms or the way we embrace life are both influential from a moral

    character point of view. The model assumes that the majority of people have

    somewhat stable and characters traits that will define their actions. Therefor a

    person with a certain character, which impacts, possibly even defines, how they act

    and how they live their life. 9nfortunately as we live in an unlawful society today we

    can conclude that how people act much rather depends on the situation or their

    circumstances.

    Social model

    The social model puts forward that systematic obstacles, negative attitudes and the

    response of society could affect how a person is seen in society and defined by

    society. The model recognises that some people might have some forms of

    disadvantages or mental impairments, but none of these lead to disabilities unless

    society fail to include people regardless of their differences. It also suggest that

    society plays a role in the empowerment and management to eual rights in order for people to be able to live life to the best of their ability. lthough it includes some of

    the medical model aspects *psychological and biological factors1 if poses it in a way

    that suggests the power that causes and affects mental health most is due to

    societal limitations.

    Psychosocial model

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    The model combines aspects from both the social and psychological models,

    suggesting that mental illness are cause by a combination of factors. It suggests that

    mental disorders are not only impacted by environmental and situational

    circumstances but also how our personalities are built up throughout our life and how

    the environment and situational circumstances influence these stages that could

    cause mental health.

    Statistical model/infrequency

    This model suggests that people with I;)s above or below the average level of

    society is abnormal, which will lead to the abnormality of a person)s thin#ing, traits

    and behaviour. Thus suggesting that abnormal behaviour in people would be very

    rare or statistically unusual according and to the contrary that people with high I;)s

    are abnormal rather than highly intelligent.

    The distribution curve above suggests that

    there are a lot of people who are typically big

    or aggressive whereas very few people are

    very small or highly aggressive. Thus, there

    are as many people or scores above the

    mean as below it, in a normal distribution.

    The further one scores from the mean, the

    fewer people or scores there are in the

    population. Thus the idea of abnormality is within the ? range overall,

    suggesting that there are very few people being abnormal.

    Biopsychosocial model

    The biopsychosocial model suggests that mental illness and mental health is a result

    of an amalgamation of 

    influences including the

    biology of the individual

    *genetic predispositions,

    chemical imbalances1,

    behavioural factors *lifestyle,

    stress, health beliefs1, and

    social conditions *cultural

    influences, family

    relationships, social

    support1. The model and its

    relationship to health is

    depicted in the figure aside.

    Model Best Applies

    to

    Strengths Limitations

    Medical %-, s the model is based on 0ome of the treatments

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    0chi"ophrenia biological science it is

    objective and can give

    insight to causes of some

    conditions. The treatments

    lin#ed to this model is

    easily administered andeffective in controlling the

    illness. The idea that that

    the person is sic# and can

    be treated reduces the

    stigma of fear of mental

    illness

    have could have serious

    side!effects, 'T can

    cause memory loss and

    are not always effective.

    The drugs merely act by

    managing the conditionrather than sure or find a

    solution for it. ot allot of

    mental illnesses have

    physical causes and

    therefore often ignores

    that environmental and

    psychological causes.

    Treating mental illnesses

    with medication reuiresclassification and there are

    ethical issues with

    labelling people as mental

    ill.

    Behavioural and

    cognitive

    /hobias and

    %-

    Therapy is structured in

    such a way that it can

    focus directly on the

    persons maladaptive

    behaviour. The need for

    history whether medical or 

    psychological plays no

    role as it)s suggested that

    if one could change the

    person)s behaviour from

    maladaptive to adaptive is

    adeuate enough for a

    remedy.

    %nly behaviour is

    considered, thoughts and

    feelings of cognition are

    not ta#en into

    consideration.

    The therapy that

    accompanies this model

    may change the behaviour 

    but does not solve the root

    of the cause of the

    behaviour. It also ignores

    the possible medical

    causes, however ta#en

    into consideration that0#inner based the entire

    model on the observations

    from the behaviour of rats

    in a bo(, it is to be

    e(pected.

    Psychological/

    Psychodynamic

    /ersonality

    disorders

    The psychodynamic model

    is able to provide

    believable e(planations for 

    the causes of abnormality.

    It encourages people to

     s this model is based on

    the role learning plays in

    human behaviour, it lac#s

    scientific validity and is

    subjective to interpretation

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    achieve to their full

    potential.

    of the therapist. It)s time

    consuming and could get

    very e(pensive and is

    based on 2reud)s bias

    study and over focuses on

    se(ual issues. Theapproach is very

    determinist as it says that

    suffering childhood trauma

    will lead to abnormal

    behaviour in adulthood,

    however it ignores other

    influences.

    Spiritual/

    Religion

    -epression,

     n(iety

    4eligion has the benefit of

    empowering the individualthrough connecting

    him7her to a community,

    and to a superior force,

    that might in turn give

    psychological stability

    *%man @ Thorensen,

    ABBC1 

    o scientific evidence to

    suggest that the modelwor#s.

    Moral character  +ody

    -ysmorphic

    -isorders 

    +asic personality traits

    such as honesty, courage,

    open mindedness assists

    in the positive outloo# in

    one)s life. The ability to

    choose right from wrong

    prevalent to society will

    assist in managing mental

    health

    &ental illness is not only

    based on basic

    characteristics. The model

    does not include other

    factors that play a great

    part in mental health.

    0ocieties view with

    regards to some aspects

    are tainted due to lac# of

    #nowledge and this could

    have a negative impact on

    people trying to cope withmental health issues. &ost

    people with mental health

    issues do not

    ac#nowledge most of the

    issues they are dealing

    with or has no idea how to

    deal with these issues and

    the model becomes

    blurred

    Social  nore(ia /roblems caused is due to djustments made to

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    societal impact reduce the demand of the

    society may not suit every

    person. &edia plays a

    very big role in social

    interaction and could

    advocate the wrongacceptable image.

    Psychosocial

    +i!polar  The model provides

    insight into the directions

    of healthy development

    across the lifespan and

    e(plains culture and its

    affects towards

    development. It also

    considers individualdifferences and can

    identify predictable

    tensions by way of

    sociali"ation and

    maturation.

    The impact culture has on

    development, needs A be

    elaborated in the sense

    that other factors have an

    impact too. The model

    suggests that due to a life

    stage circumstances a

    person is negativelyaffected but not everyone

    responds the same way

    and not achieve their full

    potential will not mean that

    one will suffer from mental

    illness

    Biopsychosocia

    l

      lot of different

    mental

    disorders

    With several factors being

    ta#en into consideration

    social, psychological and

    biological ! genetic, early

    childhood e(periences, the

    model the diagnoses and

    treatment is greater.

    3engthy proses and could

    become costly

     bnormality has been defined in a number of ways as unusual behaviour that is

    different from the norm8 behaviour that does not conform to social e(pectations or

    demands8 statistical infreuency8 failure to function adeuately8 presence of

    pronounced psychological suffering or distress8 deviation from ideal mental health.

    -epending on how data is gathered and how diagnoses are made, as many as AD?

    of some population groups may be suffering from depression at any one time *I&H,

    ABBE1

    Maladaptive ehaviour  is one of four criteria)s that could indicate abnormal

    behaviour and is where a personFs actions or behaviour is li#ely to hurt another

    person whether physical or social, the e(amples could stretch from bullying to

    physical harm. Statistical rarity as mentioned in the statistical model, person with

    e(tremely low or significantly high I; might be classified as being abnormal.

    Personal distress refers to distress being the cause of abnormal behaviour in

    people, li#e an(iety that leads to compulsive behaviour, unfortunately not all mental

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    disorders have associations with distress and an(iety. 3astly violation of social 

    norms! behaviours that society deems inappropriate and not normal behaviour, and

    could include many variable including but not limited to gender, culture and age.

     s previously mention in the behavioural model, abnormal behaviour is regarded as

    learnt by the processes of classical and operant conditioning. case that is oftencited F3ittle lbertF *Watson and 4aynor E6AB1 is an e(ample of how classic

    conditioning has influenced the phobia. nother case often cited arey and arey

    *E66=1 deliberated that the original inclination derived from ta#ing drugs may have

    acted as a reward and lead to addiction which occurred through operant

    conditioning. The behavioural model has directed the development of aversion

    therapy, systematic desensitisation for treating phobias and behaviour modification

    programmes.

      biological7medical model often uses medical language such as patient, symptoms,

    illness, treatment and has been the dominant model for over ABB years and haveadvanced the understanding of many mental disorders. The use of serotonin

    reupta#e inhibitors such as /ro"ac appear effective in >=!D=? of cases of

    depression but in the same breath may cause negative side effects li#e insomnia.

    ot only could the drugs have side effects they could also lead to dependency and in

    the same light might be treating the symptoms rather than the causes. In addition to

    this there is a possibility of biochemical imbalances may be caused by the cause

    treatment rather than the psychological disorder. +ipolar depression and

    schi"ophrenia has had the strongest evidence of genetic effects as suggested by the

    medial model, but to date have not yet been able to distinguish the prevention of the

    commencement of these psychopathologies.

    2ollowing the two models above and all the strengths and limitations as per the table

    above, abnormal psychologies has to be allowed a variety of models to ma#e a

    contribution to the understanding of abnormality. ontributions to the e(planation of

    eating disorders have derived from biological, behavioural, cognitive,

    psychodynamic, and humanistic models, just as many other mental illnesses has

    been derived, listed and treated with various models.

    The image elo" suggests the classification of Psychological Anormalities

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