SECTION ONE: MENTAL ILLESS

LO 13-1: Identify the criteria for diagnosis of mental illness.

LO 13-2: Explain the main ideas of supernatural, somatogenic, and psychogenic explanations for mental illness.

LO 13-3: Synthesize explanations of mental illness into a biopsychosocial perspective.

LO 13-4: Summarize the cognitive, emotional, physical, and behavioral aspects of the major mental illnesses.

LO 13-5: Describe potential etiologies, or causes, of the major mental illnesses.

SECTION TWO: TREATMENT

LO 13-6: Explain the impact of stigma and the costs of mental illness in the United States today.

LO 13-7: Summarize early treatment methods for mental illness.

LO 13-8: Identify reasons why a person should seek professional help for symptoms of mental illness, and identify the types of clinicians providing services.

LO 13-9: Compare the basic concepts of the four major types of psychotherapy.

LO 13-10: Describe psychosurgeries and the major types of psychotropic medications.