Dear Year 11 students,
As you can appreciate, defining any set of complex human behaviours is a complicated operation. Since the topic of mental illness has often been plagued by entrenched prejudices and social stigmas, the labelling of a mental disorder is particularly open to dispute. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association has been revised and updated several times and is nevertheless open to development and improvement. In this task, you will have the opportunity to delve into the categories of mental illnesses as defined in the DSM and select a single disorder for closer study. I hope you find this challenging and worthwhile.
Kind regards,
Ms Green
Read
- PscyhCentral: Summaries of Mental Disorders based on the DSM IV/V
- American Psychiatric Association: DSM Fact Sheets
- DSM Criteria: Gambling Disorder
- MentalHelp.net: How anxiety disorders have been reclassified in the latest DSM version (DSM-V)
- Schizophrenia and Labelling 1: “My Name is not Schizophrenia” from Psychology Today
- Schizophrenia and Labelling 2: “Schizophrenia Term Use Invalid” from the BBC
Watch
- Ivan Pavlov and the Drooling Dog: Classical Conditioning and Anxiety Disorders
- Ted Talk: The Voices in my Head
- SciShow: The Chemistry of Addiction
- ABC News: Online Gambling
Handouts and Activities
- Download Handout: Assignment on Mental Disorders
- Download Handout: The Two-Hit Hypothesis as an Explanation for the Development of Schizophrenia
- Kahoot: Mental Illness and Mental Health: Class Version | Preview Version
- Quiz: https://www.learnclick.com/quiz/show/28380
