PSYC 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: General Paresis Of The Insane, Moral Treatment, Syphilis

• School: UBC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 300
• Professor: J O E L L E L E M O U L T

Document Summary

Is it considered normal in one"s culture. Impairment in a key area in one"s life. Evidence that the symptoms lead to some kind of impairment in your life. Some characteristics that have been put forth by researchers. The only and the most common list. Clinical significant disturbance in cognition, emotion regulation, behaviors. Usually associated with personal distress and disability that indicates a dysfunction in mental functioning. If it doesn"t bother the person, then it cannot be considered as a. It"s not just an violation of social norms nor statistical deviance. Fight for the right of the mentally ill. He believed that mentally ill has an illness and treated as illness such as cancer. Encouraged the mentally ill to talk about their a and c. Believed that it would be helpful to build state-run hospitals place. Too many patients and too little staff. What do we still need to improve.