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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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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
