01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Philippe Pinel, Running Amok, Demonic Possession

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: Lawrence Jacobs

Document Summary

A set of behavioral, emotional, and cognitive symptoms that are significantly distressing and disabling in terms of social functioning, work endeavors, and other aspects of life. An academic field devoted to the study of psychological disorders. People are fascinated by the exceptional, the unusual, and the abnormal. This fascination may be caused by two reasons: To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal. When behavior is deviant , distressful, and dysfunctional psychiatrists and psychologists. Behavior (going naked) in one culture may be considered normal, while in others label it as disordered. If a behavior is dysfunctional it is clearly a . Culture-specific disorders are found everywhere and in every era. Demonic possession - a common diagnosis for thousands of years. Brain fag syndrome - a frequent complaint of west african students. Brain fag syndrome (bfs) was described 1960.