social construction of disease and stigmatising conditions

Question 1

what is the statistic relating mental health and addiction

Answer 1

1 in 6 people who suffer from addiction also suffer from mental health issues

Question 2

what was mental health previously seen as

Answer 2

as witchcraft

Question 3

what is health relative to

Answer 3

lifestyle, age,times and environment eg as smoking was promoted by winston cigarette company

Question 4

what is the social construction of medical knowledge

Answer 4

it is a idea by nettleton which involves:
your knowledge and clinical learning
role of the internet
disease diagnosis

Question 5

what are the benefits of internet content

Answer 5

early detection
help patiwnts understand disease
and self efficacy

Question 6

what are the disadvanatages of internet content

Answer 6

can lead to incorrect self diagnosis

eg webMD- only correct for 33% of patients

Question 7

what are the advantages of the internet community

Answer 7

removes transport and geographical barrier to social support
provides anonymity
helps people connect who have rare diseases

Question 8

what are the disadvantages of the internet community

Answer 8

not evidence based information

internet trolls who can scaremonger

Question 9

how do healthcare professionals respond to knowledge that patients have constructed through the use of the internet

Answer 9

health professional centred relationship
patient centred relationship
internet prescription

Question 10

describe health professional centred relationship

Answer 10

dr might get offended and treated and responds defensively

Question 11

describe patient centred relationship

Answer 11

The health professional and patient collaborate in obtaining and analysing the information

Question 12

describe internet prescription

Answer 12

The health professional will guide patients to reliable health information websites

Question 13

what is the definition for stigmatising conditions definition

Answer 13

diseases or illnesses which normal people do not get-people who get them are inferior or socially unacceptable

Question 14

who came up with the stigmatising diseases definitions

Answer 14

scrambler in 2003

Question 15

give examples of stigmatising conditions

Answer 15

HIV/AIDS
smoking
bad teeth
STD 
depression 
cirrohosis 
disability
eating disorders
obesity

Question 16

what relaitionships might stigmatised people form when people new people

Answer 16

given stereotypical identity
attempt to breakthrough stereotypical identity so that people will treat them with higher regard
constantly work to sustain the real definition of themselves by never showing stereotypical trait

Question 17

what might our knowledge lead us to feign symptoms of

Answer 17

DID- dissociative identity disorder

Question 18

what do we need to be aware of with suffers of DID

Answer 18

THAT it is traumatic and real but there is evidence to suggest that some people have committed crimes and feigned the disorder

Question 19

what is the master label

Answer 19

the disease label of the stigmatising condition

Question 20

what should we avoid as clinicians

Answer 20

avoid making assumptions about what the stigmatised person can and can’t do. therefore just ask them
also react normally- and ask usual questions