PSYC 1010 Lecture : Chapter 14 Notes.docx

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

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The medical model: it is useful to think of abnormal behaviour as a disease: brought improvements in the treatment of those who exhibited abnormal behaviour. The end of chanting, imprisoning, etc: has been suggested that this model has outlived its usefulness szasz says this model converts moral and social questions about what is acceptable behaviour into medical questions. Text says disease analogy is still useful (mental illness is not a disease in a strict sense) Deviance: each culture has certain norms; when people violate these norms, they may be labelled mentally ill. Ex: transvestic fetishism when a man achieves sexual arousal by. Maladaptive behaviour: dressing in women"s clothing: when a person"s everyday adaptive behaviour is impaired. Ex: used in the diagnosis of substance abuse like when a cocaine addict"s functioning is affected by his drug use. Personal distress: diagnosis of a psychological disorder is based on an individual"s report of great personal distress.