Sociological Model Of Mental Illness

Mental illness is one of the puzzles that has remained unraveled to many people. For those who wonder why mental illness is such a huge issue, people are affected by it in our daily to day lives. An example that is given concerns the soldiers who, after devastating experiences in the war fronts are unable to be integrated into the society. The soldiers experience bombings and see death, and therefore they become mentally ill. Results of mental illness range from divorce, domestic violence, drug use and other antisocial behaviors. Trying to find meaning to mental, the reading that is provided has sought to define what mental illness is and what it entails. Provided also in the paper are the two models, the medical model and the sociological
The model opposes the medical model in that whereas the medical model is objective, the sociological model is subjective. Literature in the text gives several examples that show how subjectively a person's behavior is construed or misconstrued in the standard setup. It, however, recognizes the fact that people have different opinions regarding the particular actions or behavior. One example that comes out clearly is that when a woman claims to have talked to Jesus, she may be considered by a section as a saint whereas others may see her as a mentally ill man. The incident shows how the sociological model of mental illness tries to build up its case in the bid to define mental
The challenge that the U.S faces, as noted in the text is that several immigrants are at their doctors' disposal and the fears that make people mentally ill are different from those of the natives. As stated, Native Americans have concerns that they may be attacked by aliens whereas immigrants, for instance, those from Korea believe that men's genital may recede into the body and therefore cause their death. I, therefore, agree in this case because many people may be diagnosed to be mentally ill when they are practicing their cultural beliefs. The primary recommendation here, therefore, is that people's cultural and ethnic beliefs should be taken into consideration.
There are also other listed challenges that make the diagnosis of mental disorders difficult. Groups with interests in the area bring a lot of hitches. For instance, people selling drugs may characterize some behaviors to be caused by the mental illness to have a market for services or drugs. Also, stigma is another issue that makes it hard for patients to be correctly identified. Some families may hide their members who are mentally ill from the public because of stigma. It becomes a hindrance since the patients cannot be found so that they can be