Deck 17: Connections: Mental Illness As Degeneracy and Disease, Victor Perez

Question 1

According to Perez, which of the following may be a definition of mental illness from the perspective of degeneracy theory?

A)Mental illness is the result of dysfunction of a specific area of the brain
B)Patients of mental illness share similar skull size.
C)Patients of mental illness share similar genetic patterns
D)None of the above

Answer 1

Patients of mental illness share similar skull size.

Question 2

According to Perez, degeneracy theory lost favor because ______.

A)People started to believe mental illness is caused by genetic codes
B)Sociologists became interested in the psychiatric causes of mental illness
C)Sociologists became more interested in the social causes of mental illness
D)All of the above

Answer 2

Sociologists became more interested in the social causes of mental illness

Question 3

According to Perez, labeling theory ______.

A)Is a combination of the symbolic interactionist school of thought and the conflict theoretical perspective
B)Is solely focused on those who lacked the power to thwart official designations of deviance
C)Looks to explain the sociological causes of mental illness.
D)All of the above

Answer 3

Is a combination of the symbolic interactionist school of thought and the conflict theoretical perspective

Question 4

According to Perez, the biological psychiatric definition of mental illness ______.

A)Conceptualizes mental illness as an ,organic, disease
B)Lacks in evidence that the preponderance of what psychiatrists deem mental illness has a physiological cause
C)The DSM and resulting psychiatric label is a product of transgressing psychiatric social standards for acceptable behavior
D)All of the above

Question 5

What does Perez mean by the "circular trajectory" in studying mental illness? Explain his idea and then discuss how it undercuts today's efforts to address mental illness in society.