PSYCH 1XX3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Antisocial Personality Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Anxiety Disorder

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 1XX3
• Professor: Joe Kim

Document Summary

What is considered normal or abnormal behaviour can vary between people, cultures, and time periods: makes it difficult to define what makes behaviour truly abnormal. Many clinicians use a fixed set of criteria to broadly define abnormality: 4 ds, defiance, distress, dysfunction, danger. These criteria are used as guidelines: e(cid:454)hi(cid:271)iti(cid:374)g o(cid:374)e o(cid:396) (cid:373)o(cid:396)e of these (cid:272)ha(cid:396)a(cid:272)te(cid:396)isti(cid:272)s does(cid:374)"t (cid:374)e(cid:272)essa(cid:396)il(cid:455) la(cid:271)el someone as having a psychological disorder. Deviance includes both those who fall well below and well above the standard of the group. If a person experiences intense negative feelings due to their behaviour, this may be indicative of a psychological disorder: ex. There are some exceptions and a person who is free of distress is not necessarily psychologically healthy: ex. Bipolar patients in the manic phase often feel extremely elated and larger than life: certainly not distressed. People with antisocial personality disorder are also known to feel no remorse or distress when causing harm to other people.