PSYC 3023 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mental Health Professional
28 Aug 2016
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What is abnormality: textbook definition- psychological dysfunction associated with distress or impairment in functionality that is not a typical response, dsm definition- diagnostic and statistical method of psychological. Unexpected in cultural context (5th edition is used today) Humans think in black and white terms- dicontamous thinking but the diagnosis is all about the intensity and amount of change in a person from their normal . Very few people are normal very few people are abnormal. General definition of psychological disorders- (3 d"s) Psychological dysfunction- cognitive, behavioral, or emotional function (the most common) Personal distress- impairment upset about nothing, nervouse break downs. Deviance- not culturally typical response; appear to be off in appearance, behavior, or reaction (least common) *only need one of these to be considered mentally ill. 40-50% diagnosable metal illnesses are dangerous to themseleves. 4 out of 450 are associated with danger to other.
