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Theoretical Models of Mental Illness

   

Added on  2020-02-24

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Mental Health Practice2IntroductionThis paper aims to explain the biological paradigm which is one of the theoretical modelsof mental illness. The biological paradigm proposes that the abnormal behavior may arise due to the changes in the biological processes. These processes are the brain chemistry disparity, the chaotic growth of the structures of the brain, and heredity. This paradigm holds that the human behavior and personality are related, and they are discussed based on the structures of the brain, tendencies in genetics, and the processes in biochemistry (Nusslock, Young & Damme, 2014). Clearly, this paradigm outlines that the biological makeup of a person determines how best the human being is understood. Various scholars within the paradigm make some assumptions that the genes carry the personality traits and the temperament of a human being. The assumptions impacts how human beings respond to the surrounding and also, the interactions with the other persons (Gradin, Pérez, MacFarlane, Cavin, Waiter, Engelmann & Steele, 2015). The thinkers also assume that the hereditary tendencies have the behavioral disparities which are explained via the changes in some regions such as the neurological functioning and the brain structures. In simple words, the individual attitudes result in the biochemical and genetic makeup of an individual. The scholars reveal that the temperamental dispositions are continuous through the life of an individual. Clearly, the dispositions in the biological paradigm do not have an impact on the individual personality but they impact the relationship between an individual and other things. However, the biological paradigm indicates that an individual draws the traits to the surrounding which reacts accordingly.Low Prevalence Disorder

Mental Health Practice3In the case of mental illness, it includes a low prevalence of various disorders. For example, schizophrenia and the other psychoses impact one to two percent of the adults in the population who were not part of the ABS survey conducted in 2007. The low prevalence disorderis not common though the few affected people require services for a long time which causes the Australian government to spend more in the mental health facilities (Wesseloo, Kamperman, Munk-Olsen, Pop, Kushner & Bergink, 2015). The low prevalence accounts for around eighty percent of Australian expenditure. Mental illness depends on the duration, intensity, and the degree of the disability caused by the disorder. It is evident that fifty percent of the Australians suffer from the psychotic disorder and Schizophrenia. Mainly, the Schizophrenia and the psychotic disorders impact the individuals who experience anxiety and depression issues (Laurens, Luo, Matheson, Carr, Raudino, Harris & Green, 2015). Various studies indicate that about forty percent prisoners suffer from the psychotic disorder and Schizophrenia. Clearly, the economic costs are high in many nations since they have to cater for the sick individuals. The graph below shows the prevalence of the Schizophrenia and psychotic disorders in Australia based on different ages.

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