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A. Refer to The Sociology of Mental Health. Explain the difference between psychiatric (biologically based) and sociological approaches to mental illness. Referring back to the article on gangs from the first week of the course, what would be a psychological approach to mental illness? Choose a mental illness; briefly describe how the cause of the illness would be viewed from each of the three perspectives (biological, psychological, sociological).

B. The readings you have been assigned ask you to think about the social and cultural influences that shape the practice of diagnosing psychiatric illnesses. Given the influence of social and cultural factors, how can we go about distinguishing “normal” behavior from abnormal behavior (symptoms of a psychiatric illness?) Do you think that understanding the cultural subjectivity of diagnostic practices would mostly help or hinder doctors’ abilities to treat their patients, and why?