PSYCH 1XX3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Heritability, Palpitations, Reduced Affect Display
4 Apr 2017
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Abnormal behaviour can vary depending on the individual, culture, and time period. Clinicians use the four d"s to broadly define abnormality. These are only guidelines, exhibiting these characteristics does not always mean you have a psychological disorder. You don"t need all four to be diagnosed with a disorder. Deviance: thoughts, emotions, and behaviours that are not standard to the majority of the population. Our population has a mean distribution of traits (bell curve) Intellectual, cultural: people with psych disorders typically fall in the extremes. Bipolar patients (manic phase): elated, larger than life. Antisocial personality: no remorse when causing harm to others. Maladaptive behaviours: prevent an individual from adapting to their environment. Line between normal and abnormal is not always clear. Common set of criteria for applying diagnostic labels to the symptoms of patients. Allows clinicians from across the world to communicate. Has undergone many revisions to reflect changing perceptions, attitudes, and scientific approaches.
