PSY240H1 Lecture Notes - Mental Disorder, Norm (Social), Anna O.
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Atypical behaviour from cultural standpoint: e. g cognitive dysfunction-changes in cognitive function. Daily/ specific situation, other factors also affect, eg diet. Dysfunction classified as continuum instead of categorical. Some disorder where person does not report personal distress: eg. Personality disorders: not everyone is distressed by disorder. Ppl don"t attend work because of depression however, some ppl function very well despite disorder. How rare does behaviour have to be to be considered abnormal. Bell curve, normal in the middle, more extremes form the outer sides. Consumer of science: keeping up to date with all the sciences of the day, staying on top of scientific motions. Evaluator of science: determining the effectiveness of the practice. Creator of science: conducting research that leads to new procedures useful in practice studying psychological disorders. Clinical description: focuses on patients description of problem, how common disorder is in the community (prevalence)) Incidence-how many new cases occurring in specific time frame.
