- From the e-Activity, identify the major advantages and disadvantages of labeling a person with a mental disorder. Next, describe how culture can influence our perceptions of mental disorders. Justify your response.
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- Describe some of the issues regarding labeling individuals with a mental disorder.
- A description of the chosen disorder and a comparison between normal brain function and the brain function of a person with the disorder
- Discussion Question: Transference and Countertransference By Saturday, March 5, 2016, respond to the discussion question. Submit your responses to the appropriate Discussion Area. Use the same Discussion Area to comment on your classmates’ submissions and continue the discussion untilWednesday, March 9, 2016. At an inpatient residential treatment facility, a depressed client unrelentingly begs the attending consultant for a weekend discharge pass. While begging for the pass, the client states, “You remind me so much of my brother. He was always such an easygoing, kind person. Whatever you decide is fine. I trust my brother so much to make wise decisions. You are so much like him. So I trust you will make the right decision.” The consultant finally agrees and allows the patient to be discharged. The consultant is aware that the client has attempted suicide two times in the past. The consultant does not take the time to check with the licensed on-site clinician in charge before signing the weekend discharge slip. Answer the following questions: What issues of transference are displayed by the client? Explain in your own words. Did the consultant act ethically by allowing the client to be discharged? Discuss. Is it possible that countertransference played a part in how the consultant acted? If so, how? What are the other pitfalls facing consultants in the mental health profession? What ethical guidelines would you follow if you were a consultant in the mental health profession?
- learn how labeling theory applies to mental disorders. Read Rosenhan’s article “On Being Sane in Insane Places
- Labeling and Mental Disorders
- Reactive attachment disorder, Disinhibited social engagement disorder ,Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) Conduct disorder (CD)
- Bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, and persistent depressive disorder
- provide an argument either for or against a person with a mental illness being able to do the job of President of the United States.
- Discuss the Chambliss study on the saints and the roughnecks and explain the social impact of labeling.