PSYCH257 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mania, Eating Disorder, Psych

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Whose perspective is it being viewed from. What is considered normal to the general population. Causing notable stress or interferes with their regular life. The definition continues to shift, as there are many different ways of defining what is considered abnormal. We hope that statistics will give us the answer. A disorder must contact all three d"s in order for it to be a psychological dysfunction: psychological dysfunction: Something that typically has a purpose is not functioning, Examples: nervous or shy when presenting in front of a group of people, it becomes dysfunctional, when it is too intense. Intense fears and they breakdown that becomes dysfunction. Checking doors to see if they are locked, checking it over and over becomes abnormal or. Eating disorder: eating only 500cal a day and running every day and still worried they are overweight, that is also another example of a breakdown and a disconnect in that situation: personal distress or impairment:

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