How to Reply to a Discussion Board Post

Compared to my classmate’s post there is a number of things we agree on. One is the historical perspective of psychological disorders. Based on Kring’s and Johnson’s text (2018), it is evident that in the past psychological disorders were not well responded to. People who suffered such disorders were perceived differently and called names including crazy, and psychos among others. This resulted in stigmatization, and brutal treatment by society including being shunned. Another similarity, I agree within the post is the fact that the differences in worldviews have resulted in clashes regarding mental illnesses that denote abnormality. The religious side views mentally ill individuals as people that cannot be helped by any divine intervention. The difference in the posts arises when my classmate is keen to note that worldviews of mental illness should be kept aside. Instead, mental symptoms should be diagnosed from a scientific standpoint. 

Both posts define pathophysiology as the study of the nature of mental illnesses as well as their causes. The nature and outline of mental illnesses as depicted by pathophysiology cannot be recognized by religion. Nature is explored in terms of physicality and hormones where Krings and Johnson are keen to note that they are only treatable through medical interventions (2018). Although human beings are spiritual people, it should be noted that physicality stands a better chance of arriving at a solution for mental illnesses. The kind of behavior and experiences observed in psychopathology can be in other words regarded as the signs and symptoms that a mentally ill persons show. From a scientific standpoint, they are all the same. Therefore, people should no longer misunderstand mental illnesses. Unlike my post, my classmate is keen to assert that this kind of perception is equally important in the worldviews of mental illnesses and should be included. Furthermore, all of these perspectives play an important role in the understanding of mental diseases. 

Reference 

Kring, A. M., & Johnson, S. L. (2018).  Abnormal psychology: the science and treatment of psychological disorders . Hoboken: John Wiley & sons.