Contrasting medical and contextual models of human emotional experiences
Medicalisation is the process of taking aspects of human behaviour and trying to explain it through medical principles.
This process of medicalisation is then used to legitimise the management of our behaviours using conventional medical approaches such as drug interventions or surgical procedures.
Psychosocial determinants are those factors which take into consideration the interactions between SOCIAL and individual PSYCHOLOGY.
We are all governed by psychological processes such as thoughts, feelings and meanings and all of us live in a social context of one sort or another.
The main models of mental health highlight the interplay of biological, psychological, and social factors in determining an individual’s mental well-being.
The Biopsychosocial Model recognises the influence of genetics, psychological traits and socioenvironmental factors on mental health.
Post Traumatic Growth is closely linked to to the idea of resilience and describes the positive effects that experiencing trauma can have on a person.
There is an underlying assumption that experiencing any kind of traumatic event must somehow result in either negative outcomes or, for some, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
If you are diagnosed as being ‘clinically depressed’ are you actually medically ill?
Is there actually something wrong with your brain?
Is your ‘brain chemistry’ different to a person who just feels a bit ‘pissed-off’ at losing their job?