Psychological problems

Question 1

Mental health

Answer 1

a person’s emotional and psycholgoical well being in which they can cope with normal stresses and function in society

Question 2

Mental health probelm or illness

Answer 2

Diagnosable conditions in which a person’s thoughts, feelings and behaviours change and they are less ablt to cope/function

Question 3

Why are mental health problems increasing?

Answer 3

1. social media and technology
2. academic pressure
3. family dynamics
4. economic factors
5. early exposure to adult issues
6. bullying
7. pressure to conform
8. sleep deprivation
9. environmental factors
10. limited access to mental health resources

Question 4

Issues surrounding diagnosis

Answer 4

When we are physically ill it is easy to diagnose, we have symptoms like: raised body temp, pain or rashes.
For mental ilness they try and do the same and look for: trouble sleeping, lacking motivation, problems socialising.
Issue is that unlike physical illness these symtoms are open to subjection - whos to decide what is defined as difficuly getting up - meaning diagnosis is harder to be certain about.