PSYC 3230 Lecture Notes - Medicine In The Medieval Islamic World, Norm (Social), Tarantella
10 Sep 2013
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Mental disorders account for a substantial proportion of hospitalizations. Drug therapy has greatly reduced the hospitalization rate. 20% of canadians will personally experience a mental illness in their lifetime. Suicides account for 24% of all deaths among 15-24 year olds and 16% among 25-44 year olds. More young aboriginal people commit suicide than attend university. Statistical deviance: behavior that is unusual, that departs from the social norm, or is socially unacceptable. Throughout history, people who violated social norms were often considered to be sick E. g. , dressing head-to-toe in warm clothing on a hot day. What is considered deviant varies greatly from society to society, subculture to subculture, era to era. Until 1987, the american psychological association"s diagnostic and statistical manual (dsm) included nymphomania as a mental disorder. Any sexually active unmarried woman of today could have been considered to be suffering from a mental disorder fifty years ago.
