Reciprocal Determinism

The case of Johnny Depp’s behavior as described in assignment one ultimately posed the question: what is the origin of social anxiety disorder? As shown in the previous assignment, the answer lies within the adaptive function of social

Mental and psychological factors play a major role. As previously stated by Shaffer & Korn (2002), mental health disorders have been linked to gambling. Bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and antisocial personality disorder have been found to be risk factors for gambling problems and addictions (Dryden-Edwards, 2016). There are also other individual differences and characteristics that can be seen as risk factors for problem gambling including, age, sex, and gender. In order for this problem to be addressed, there must first be more warnings expounded upon concerning the dangers and risks of gambling.

Mental illnesses are characterized by modifications in thinking; mood or behavior (or some combination thereof) associated with significant distress and impaired functioning over an extended period of time (World Health Organization, 2006). The symptoms of mental illness vary from mild to severe, depending on the type of mental illness, the individual, the family and the socioeconomic environment (Health Canada, 2002a). According to the World Health Organization, the stigma and discrimination that exist towards people with mental health problems is one of the most important issues to overcome in mental health policy (World Health Organization, 2001a). The mental health advocacy has been developed to promote the human rights of persons with mental disorders and to reduce stigma and discrimination. In many developing countries, mental health advocacy groups have not yet been formed or are in their infancy (Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health, 2008).

Risk factors for violence in the mentally ill patients can be divided into four types: Dispositional factors, clinical factors, historical factors and contextual factors ( Monahan and Steadman (1994). Dispositional risk factors look into the factors that reflect a person’s characteristics, personalities and styles of interacting. It is usually related to anger, impulsivity, and psychopathy. Mr. LKM fulfilled these risk factors. The Clinical Risk Factors comprises of the manifestation of the patient’s psychiatric disorders.

Before I get too far into this paper, I want to make it known that I will sometimes refer to social anxiety disorder as SAD. One of the big questions that is the driving force behind this whole paper is if I have social anxiety. I am deeply and passionately interested to see if I suffer from social anxiety because I have long always thought that I may have some sort of social skills issue. Another question that I want to seek answers to is how a person becomes diagnosed with social anxiety. I think this aspect is important because it is virtually the first step in this process to seeing if I have social anxiety.

In addition, there is no direct correlation between mental illness and violence; sure, a small handful of misdiagnoses can interrupt a person 's connection to reality, causing them to believe things that are untrue (Friedan, 2008). Theoretically, this could lead to violent behavior. Practically speaking, though and research has shown no connection between mental illness and violence. And even if it did, its unlikely depression would be the condition that leads to violence, since depression is not associated with delusions, psychosis, or other forms of disconnection from reality; here comes the media for linking these points to be against talking about mental illness in media explain that: if mental illness is shown in media its encourages the violent behaviors, this reaction is reflected badly on mental

• Social Cognitive Therapy According to Sue et al (1997:350) this form of therapy makes use of a psychodynamic styled approach in treating an individual’s depressive state by working on their social skills with others. In achieving this, the methods used in other styles of treatment, such as mental-habitual remedial treatment, are applied. The rationale associated in this type of treatment is that depressive states of mind take place as a result of social situations, in which the need to deal with certain conflictions and problems need be sorted out amicably. At this level the individual is provided with an internal look at what the conflicts are and how they need be resolved. This is done by teaching the clientele how to establish issues

This furthers our understanding on how we can be affected by both psychological and sociological prejudices. The Primary causes of prejudice are psychological as shown by emotional prejudice and demonstrated through an authoritarian personality, that may result in displaced aggression. Where Sociological prejudice can be shown by social norms. One aspect of the psychological prejudice defined in Parrillo’s essay, can be driven by emotion. Parrillo explains that emotional level of prejudice are “feelings that a minority group arouses in an individual.

Introduction There have been a variety of studies, which have established how disruptions to attachment and bonding can negatively effect on emotional and psychological development. Family separation and loss experiences have been clearly identified as a risk factor for mental health problems in childhood and adulthood. Way of thinking, temperament and experiences all things play important roles, children who have had broken up relationships with primary caregivers are more likely to have compromised mental health. Separation and loss can be traumatic and its impact depends on the situation of the separation or loss. The work of Van der Kolk (1996) and others (Glaser, 1998) also work on the effect of attachment on mental health ,time addition ,situation ,or conflict between child r care giver, sometimes effect psychological and biologically.

The prioritisation of meaning over behaviour forms the basis of understanding reactions and interpretations to situations, thus emotional disorders can be interpreted as a result of someone becoming ‘stuck’ in a continuum of negative situations and responses. In regards to depression (Beck, 1976) proposed what is known as the ‘negative cognitive triad’ relating to an irrational and pessimistic view of key elements of a persons belief system (e.g. a negative view of oneself, the world and the future). These are looked at from a cognitive perspective, examining how events or situations are experienced and how they emerge in the conscious and unconscious mind. Barker (2010) describes how mindfulness originates from Buddhist traditions that have been practiced over thousands of years and can be part of many traditional therapeutic approaches.