Child and Adolescent Mental Health Lecture 2 Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards based on lecture notes covering the state of mental health, models of mental health, and diagnostic frameworks.

Ancient Views on Mental Health

In ancient times, mental health conditions were attributed to spiritual causes like demons or angry gods.

Greco-Roman Era

The era that started looking for cause and effect, suggesting natural causes for mental health issues.

1300-1600 Era

A period when physicians began to challenge the demonic attribution of mental illness.

The Enlightenment (17th Century)

An aim for rationality where Conceptualisation of mental illness ‘gradually shifted from the realm of theology into that of medicine.

The Great Confinement (18th century)

A procedure that humankind discovers germs and where psychiatry rises.

1800s in Mental Health

The focus of attention in this era shifted towards the brain, with pharmacology becoming a primary treatment approach.

Moral Insanity

The idea that children who were cognitively able but behaving strangely had a disorder.

Late 19th Century View

Mental disorders were viewed as diseases, leading to fear of contamination, eugenics, and segregation.

Before the 18th Century

A perspective where children's mental health problems were ignored, and they faced harsh treatment due to various beliefs.

20th Century Mental Health

Psychoanalysis and behaviorism were mainstream treatments, and family therapy models emerged.

Vulnerable Children View

Shifts towards viewing children as vulnerable and in need of protection and care, promoting inclusion and family support.

3rd Wave Therapies

Therapies such as ACT, DBT, and mindfulness-based therapies emerged.

Movement Towards Health

A shift from focusing on illness to understanding health.

Indigenous Perspectives in Psychology

Western psychology is beginning to incorporate indigenous perspectives.

Pasifika Health

Holistic views emphasizing collective wellbeing and whole ecology.

Fonofale Model

A model that was Created post-dawn raids due to the need for Pacific determinism.

Ngā Hau e Whā (Winds in the Meihana Māori Health Model)

Identifies components reflecting current and historical societal influences on Māori, including:

• colonisation

• racism

• migration

• marginalisation.

Te Waka Hourua (Double-Hulled Canoe in Meihana Model)

• Emphasises importance of client-whānau relationship.

• works alongside client/whānau to explore these dimensions and their relevance to care/decision making.

Ngā Roma Moana (Ocean Currents Meihana Model)

identifies specific components from Te Ao Māori (Māori world view) that may influence a client/whānau in different contexts.

Whakatere (Navigation)

• Draws together information from the currents, winds and canoe and integrates this information within the formulation, diagnosis and treatment process

• navigation also challenges and supports clinicians to acknowledges and mitigate personal and institutional biases within assessment, formulation and treatment