Arranged by:

• 118240013 Annisa Oktarina

• 118240013 Hinge Maulby Fatin
• 118240024 Ivana Januari
• 118140021 Muhammad Habibi Ramadhan
• 118140010 Muhammad Imaduddin Tauhid
• 118140005 M Fazar Zuhdi
• 118240019 Roewintan Risqi Ulfa
• 118220025 Sarah Aulia Dewi
The nature of mental illness has been the subject of Mental disorders, on the other hand, affect the very core of
passionate discussion throughout history. In ancient Greece one’s being through a range of experiences and phenomena of
Plato, promoting a mentalist definition of mental illness, was varying severity that alter the individual’s thinking, perception
the first to coin the term “mental health,” which was and consciousness about the self, others and the world. This is
conceived as reason aided by temper and ruling over passion. seen to an extreme degree with more serious mental
Griesinger almost 2 centuries ago was the first to state that disorders, such as psychoses and bipolar disorders, but to a
“mental illness is brain illness,” an expression that has lesser albeit significant degree with anxiety, mood, eating and
provided a strong impetus to the more recent medical other psychiatric disorders. Emotion, perception, thought and
conception of mental illness. action are the essence of human identity and the concept of
“self,” and these are the prime domains altered in mental
The statement that “mental illness is like any other medical disorders.
illness” implies that mental illness has a biological basis just
like other medical illnesses and should be treated in the Indeed, it is envisaged that putting mental illness on the same
public’s eye in a similar manner. The health body may be footing as medical illness, society will understand it better and
damaged if the owner’s mentality are in danger zone. For not react negatively toward those with mental illnesses. It is
example, when somebody’s are thinking too much, their hoped that as a result those with mental illness may face less
gastric acid will comes up and caused pains or it’s popular as social stigma — a major obstacle to people seeking and/or
stomach disorder. The more extreme of mental sickness is receiving help — and reducing stigma may help individuals
bipolar disorder, anxiety, and others. Also, it’s easy and regain eventual acceptance by society as productive members.
possible for the victims to hurt themselves in case of making Interestingly, the public’s explanatory models of mental illness
them relax and feel better. do not follow this narrative and, on the contrary, the public
have multiple models of explaining mental illness varying
To understand the justification of equating mental and across cultures and times.
medical disorders, a comparison often made between type 2
diabetes and mental disorders, especially schizophrenia, other One needs to ask the pragmatic question of whether the
psychoses and depression, is worth examining in some detail. strategy of using a biogenetic model of mental illness and
Diabetes, although very complex, is understood as the result equating it with medical illness has actually helped. Society
of dysfunctional glucose metabolism related to absolute or should care about it, we have to take actions to help them just
relative insufficiency of insulin signaling. Therefore, by because mental illness are exactly dangerous as medical
improving glucose metabolism, either through medication, sickness if we can’t prevent it.
insulin replacement or changes in lifestyle, positive health
outcomes can be expected.
Cr. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4409431/
 Main Idea
Mental illness as trending
issue throughout history
that became everyone’s
concern.
Supporting ideas
• mental illness has a biological basis just like other medical illnesses
and should be treated in the public’s eye in a similar manner. The
health body may be damaged if the owner’s mentality are in danger
zone. For example, when somebody’s are thinking too much, their
gastric acid will comes up and caused pains or it’s popular as stomach
disorder. The more extreme of mental sickness is bipolar disorder,
anxiety, and others. Also, it’s easy and possible for the victims to hurt
themselves in case of making them relax and feel better. Society
should care about it, we have to take actions to help them just
because mental illness are exactly dangerous as medical sickness if we
can’t prevent it.