social control (18 marks)
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- Using 2 examples in your answer, describe and evaluate what it means to society to say that there needs to be social control.(18 marks)
- society needs social control
- there is order and society is safe
- members of society work and live in harmony together
- no aggression
- Drug Treatment
- Keeps people mentally balanced
- treats mental illnesses
- More effective alongside other treatments
- research- less side effects
- cost less in terms of medical fees
- benefits both individuals and society
- focus' and masks the symptoms ignoring the underlying causes
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- side effects may be worse than the symptoms its self
- Token Economy
- Control the behaviour of Prisoners
- reward desired behaviour with tokens
- exchange for something they then desire.
- form of conditioning
- modifies behaviour
- don't translate well into 'outside' world
- may slip back into behaviour
- criminal behaviour- recidivism
- Control the behaviour of Prisoners
- Suicide
- extreme form of harm to oneself
- Depression?
- steps taken to prevent
- someones own right to do so
- Society has to make sure people are mentally balanced
- Abnormality
- deviation from social norms
- control society
- people do what is expected to be 'normal'
- Social control makes people feel comfortable within society.
- Care in the community programmes
- teaches life skill and gives support
- attend therapy to be allowed to live in community.
- cost to society as well as benefits
- medical approaches tend to ignore social factors involved in diagnosis of mental disorders
- lead to prevention?- better than a cure?
- heavily populated areas
- doesn't help mask symptoms
- both help with mental health
- Society benefits
- by controlling; mental health problems and criminal behaviour
- benefit of the majority in society
- by controlling; mental health problems and criminal behaviour
- society needs social control
- Drug Therapy is heavily focused on the Biological approach
- dopamine hypothesis
- assumes depression comes from problems with neurotransmitters
- Rosenhan
- can be used for drug addiction
- Hard to check if drug is prescribed
- Browne et al
- control schizophrenia
- 50% stop taking drugs and relapse
- kane et al
- between 10% and 20% do not improve if given drug therapy
- Meltzer et al(2004)
- effectiveness for schizophrenia
- 481 patients given placebo. 4 groups. believed anti-psychotic.
- drug therapy works to an extent
- 481 patients given placebo. 4 groups. believed anti-psychotic.
- effectiveness for schizophrenia
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