PSYCH 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Personal Distress
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Sensory & reality test + imprisonment/loss of job = Mental health can range from severely disordered to flourishing. People who typically experience many positive emotions. The difference b/w what is considered normal or abnormal is strongly influenced by cultural values & beliefs. Values, beliefs, and practices shared by a specific group of people. Only dysfunctions that are socially disvalued are disorders - wakefield. Culture changes over time, changing definitions of disorder. Ex: homosexuality was considered a disorder in. No disorder is due to entirely cultural factors. Some symptom presentations appear to be specific to some cultures, but not others: culture-bound syndromes. Extreme fear one"s penis/vulva is shrinking, disappearing, or inverting to kill you. Out-of-consciousness stress reaction with crying, trembling, uncontrollable shouting, aggression, and intense heat in the chest moving to the head. Scientific study of the frequency and distributions of disorders within a population.
