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Mental illness

WIP Presentation Group 4

Scope

Scope

pre-diagnosis

Scope

pre-diagnosis

diagnosis

Scope

pre-diagnosis

diagnosis

Rehab & reintegration

Pre diagnosis

Concept of Mental Well-being?

When should you seek treatment?

Primary healthcare equipped to diagnose

mental illness?

Pre diagnosis

Concept of Mental Well-being?

• What determines whether you are ‘well’?o ‘Unable to function in daily activities’ o Causing harm to oneself / people around?o ‘Mental = Brain Disorder?’

Pre diagnosis

When should you seek treatment?

• What is the trigger point that calls for treatment?o Extreme emotions?o ‘Strange’ behaviorso A short-term disposition?

• Triggered by an event?• Possibility of going away

‘with time’o Problem on the inside,

Judged by the symptomson the outside

• Right to enforce treatment on another?

Pre diagnosis

Primary healthcare equipped to diagnose

mental illness?

• Primary healthcare givers equipped?o GP role is only to refer

to specialist?o Polyclinics as the first

line of defense?

diagnosis

Weighing of

symptoms

Categorizatio

n of mental disord

er

Mental vs

brain disode

r

diagnosis

Weighing of

symptoms

nor

mal

symptom

s

diagnosisCategorizatio

n of mental disord

er

Sym

pto

m A

Sym

ptom

B

?

Disorder A Disorder B

diagnosisMental

vs brain disode

rHow

much is attributed

to

Chemical

imbalances in the

brain

State of the mind

Rehab?

?

?

Psychotherapy (behavioral therapy) vs Somatotherapy (medications/surgery)

Free willTreatment against patient’s willingnessHolding patient in captivity

Controversial treatments:e.g. Shock Therapy

Connections to other content in the module

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5.

Quarantine – Individual’s rights vs ‘Greater good of the society’

Breast cancer – Over-diagnosis / Misdiagnosis

Aging – Who’s responsibility?State vs Individual vs Family

Our project• Aim:

Healthcare system x Patient’s experiencethrough the 3 phases

• Deliverables:o Exhibition

• Issues• Real stories

o Play

Our project• Aim:

Healthcare system x Patient’s experiencethrough the 3 phases

• Deliverables:o Exhibition

• Issues• Real stories

o Play

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