PSY 1102 Lecture : Chapter 14 - Psychological Disorders.docx

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

Document Summary

Abnormal psychology: psychologists scientifically study mental illness, the symptoms, causes, progress, treatment and the prevention. Prevalence: based on a survey, psychological orders and more prevalent then what people think. Survey questions: based in the past month have you experience a psychological disorder: Over 60% of people with mental illness do not seek help, and those who do often do not receive adequate help. Reasons people don"t get help: low income, no money, no access, they live in a rural area, they do not understand and recognize the illness, the stigma that comes with it, they don"t want to seem crazy. Caution: when we cover this chapter, psychology students start believing they have all these disorders: defining psychological disorders. Statistical infrequency: you look at the population of interest and you see how prevalent this behaviour is. Deviant: it has to deviate from the standards and the norms of society.