Social Orders and Mental Disorders Midterm Exam#1

Part 1: Answer these THREE questions, in 250 words or less. 20 points each. Use only assigned readings and quote over two sentences for each.

1. Horwitz and Wakefield claim that the “epidemic of depression” is not a clinical fact, but a survey artifact. What do they mean? Describe their argument. (the epidemic in mental illness: clinical fact or survey artifact?)

2. What is a symptom pool? Referencing Watters and Dr. Sing Lee’s analysis, explain how and why the symptom pool changed in Hong Kong. (The Rise of Anorexia in Hong Kong)

3. Why, according to Muller and Abrutyn, are youth in “Poplar Grove” killing themselves at elevated rates? Why are lower income white Americans killing themselves at elevated rates? (Adolescents under Pressure: A New Durkheimian Framework for Understanding Adolescent Suicide in a Cohesive Community )

 

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