PSYC 2490 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Deinstitutionalisation, Phenothiazine, Major Depressive Disorder

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2490
• Professor: Leda Worobec

Document Summary

What is abnormal psychology: the description, causes, and treatment of abnormal behaviours, actually clinical psychology. How do we define abnormal behaviour: generally look on 6 factors. Ex: picture of a man riding a bike in the winter. It is unusual, statistically infrequent, its not socially unacceptable (no misinterpretations of reality), it is unsafe though. Just because it is unusual, doesn"t mean they are distressed: ex: cross-fit, not as statistically infrequent, maladaptive in some ways, can be dangerous to the person, but it could cause personal distress. Icd: to identify a person or behaviour as abnormal, no single criterion is either necessary (must be present) nor sufficient (enough on its. Intergenerational effects of abuse: family members were removed from the home, abused in many kinds of ways during their childhood, what kind of parent are they going to be? (the abuse trickles down) You parent in the way you were parented: resilience.