Understanding Psychopathology and Mental Disorders

This essay delves into the scientific study of psychopathology, focusing on various mental health disorders such as anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia. It evaluates the key causes of these disorders, including genetic, biological, and social factors. The analysis highlights how these factors contribute to the onset of mental health issues and discusses the implications for treatment and understanding of mental health. The essay also references various studies and literature to support its findings.

Psychopathology
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Psychopathology is consider as a scientific study or understanding of the different mental
health related disorder that may be caused through genetic, biological or social causes (Lemerise,
2016). Along with this, psychotherapists focuses on studying the different disorder related with
mental illness that is Schizophrenia, anxiety, depression as well as obsessive compulsive
disorders. The essay would also focuses on evaluating the key causes of different mental health
disorders so that they can easily overcome the illness.
Causes of different mental health disorder
Anxiety
One of the common mental disorder among the individual is anxiety that mainly impact
the ability of individual to concentrate and performing the day to day activities. It has been
assessed that the key cause related with anxiety disorder is improper mental and physical
condition of the individual. With the improper mental and health condition among the individual
it may results in negatively impacting their behaviour that increases level of anxiety. On the
other hand, Budge, Adelson and Howard, (2013) has also argued that with in-taking the high
dose of drugs and alcohol it results in causing anxiety as it in-stable the mindset of the individual
(Budge, Adelson and Howard, 2013). In addition to this, Bettis, Forehand and Compas, (2016)
has critically evaluated that if there is family history of mental health issue it also results in
causing the situation of high level of anxiety among the individual. However, on the other hand it
is also stated that with the continuous stress situation that is stress related with breaking of
relationship, grief or bereavement, issues at the job place etc. (Bettis, Forehand and Compas,
2016). are the key example that causes individual stress that results in arising the key situation of
stress situation. As per the view of Balazs, Miklósi and Cotter, (2013) this cause of anxiety
mainly impact the mental health status of the individual that results in worsening their health as
well as disrupt enjoyment in their personal and professional life (Balazs, Miklósi and Cotter,
2013). Whereas, individual facing the physical health related issues such as diabetes, asthma or
heart related diseases may act as another cause of the anxiety disorder (Causes of anxiety, 2016).
Depression
Depression is regarded as the feeling related with distracting or lower the mood of
individual that directly impact their actions and behaviour towards the other. The individual
faces the depression due to different condition and situation related with change in the life,
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bereavement etc. it has been assessed that in the depression individual feel sad as well as
loneliness that impact their behaviour. It has been critically evaluated that there are different
causes that results in attaining the situation of depression that directly impact the mental health
of individual. The key causes of depression include past activities related with abuse. It has been
assessed that in the past if individual has faced the situation of emotional abuse or physical abuse
then such situation increases the chances of vulnerability and depression among the individual.
O'hara and McCabe, (2013) has stated that with the abusive situation individual may directly
results in engaging aggressive behaviour such as self bruising or may socially exclude
themselves from the family and their friends (O'hara and McCabe, 2013). On the other hand,
Flint and Kendler, (2014) has also stated that another cause that lead to the depression among the
individual include childhood trauma that results in attaining higher risk of depression among the
individual. Whereas, stress among the individual is also recognise as the key factor that results in
attaining the higher degree of loneliness and sadness among the individual. It has been assessed
that some people who are highly motivated get over from the situation of stress and depression
within some time (Flint and Kendler, 2014). It has been critically evaluated that stress related
with break-up of the close relationship may result in gaining stress situation that is it would
outcome in impacting the self-esteem of the individual. Along with this, another cause of
depression among the individual is related with low self-esteem among them that results in social
avoidance.
Schizophrenia
Another example of mental disorder within the individual is Schizophrenia that mainly
arises during early adulthood period. Along with this diseases also characteristics by the different
cognitive difficulties among the individual in terms of delusions as well as hallucinations. It has
been also assessed that Schizophrenia often struggle for the long time period that need to be
treated properly for overcoming the difficulties. From the view point of Penttilä, Jääskeläinen
and Miettunen, (2014) it has been assessed that genetic and environmental factors are the key
that results in attaining the situation of Schizophrenia. Some other causes related with the mental
health disorder include chemical imbalance within the brain that is neurotransmitter that results
in onset of schizophrenia (Penttilä, Jääskeläinen and Miettunen, 2014). It has been also evaluated
that family relationship has direct impact on the mental state and behaviour of the individual that
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might cause the Schizophrenia to the one. Rudolph and Möhler, (2014) has also stated that
stressful experience that is faced by the individual may also precede in causing the Schizophrenia
that directly impact their mental health and well-being. The diagnostic criteria of the disease
mainly focuses on meeting the criteria related with DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders). With the help of this health care professionals and expertise that results in
overcoming the disorder related with bipolar disease as well as Schizoaffective disorder. Along
with this another cause of the disease or mental illness include engaging in the drug activities
that causes Schizophrenia relapses that negatively impact the health and well-being of individual
(Rudolph and Möhler, 2014).
From the above analysis it has been sum up that Psychologist understand the different
mental health related disorder that may be caused through genetic, biological or social causes. It
also focuses on assessing the mental disorder diseases and evaluate their causes through which
they often arises within the individual. Moreover, all the causes has been assessed related with
all the different mental illness diseases.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Balazs, J., Miklósi, M. and Cotter, P., 2013. Adolescent subthreshold‐depression and anxiety:
Psychopathology, functional impairment and increased suicide risk. Journal of Child
Psychology and Psychiatry. 54(6). pp.670-677.
Bettis, A. H., Forehand, R. and Compas, B. E., 2016. Anxiety and depression in children of
depressed parents: dynamics of change in a preventive intervention. Journal of Clinical
Child & Adolescent Psychology. pp.1-14.
Budge, S. L., Adelson, J. L. and Howard, K. A., 2013. Anxiety and depression in transgender
individuals: the roles of transition status, loss, social support, and coping. Journal of
consulting and clinical psychology. 81(3). p.545.
Flint, J. and Kendler, K. S., 2014. The genetics of major depression. Neuron. 81(3). pp.484-503.
Lemerise, E. A., 2016. Social Development Quartet: Emotion Socialization in the Context of
Psychopathology and Risk. Social Development. 25(1). pp.3-7.
O'hara, M. W. and McCabe, J. E., 2013. Postpartum depression: current status and future
directions. Annual review of clinical psychology. 9. pp.379-407.
Penttilä, M., Jääskeläinen, E. and Miettunen, J., 2014. Duration of untreated psychosis as
predictor of long-term outcome in schizophrenia: systematic review and meta-analysis. The
British Journal of Psychiatry. 205(2). pp.88-94.
Rudolph, U. and Möhler, H., 2014. GABAA receptor subtypes: therapeutic potential in Down
syndrome, affective disorders, schizophrenia, and autism. Annual review of pharmacology
and toxicology. 54. pp.483-507.
Online
Causes of anxiety. 2016. [Online]. Available through:
<http://www.mindhealthconnect.org.au/causes-of-anxiety>. [Accessed on 19th January
2017].
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