PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Health Canada, Intellectual Disability, Waking Hours
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Chapter 1: introduction: definitional and historial considerations, and canada"s mental health. Psychopathology: the field concerned with the nature and development of abnormal behaviours, thoughts, feelings. Abnormal behaviour: includes characteristics like statistical infrequency, violation of norms, personal distress, disability or dysfunction, and unexpectedness. Statistical infrequency used explicitly in diagnosing mental retardation. The normal curve (bell curve), an assertion that a person is normal implies they do not deviate much from average. Characteristic to consider is whether the behaviour violates social norms and makes those observing it anxious. Behaviour is abnormal if it creates great distress and torment in the person experiencing it. Impairment in an important area of life because of an abnormality can also be a component of abnormal behaviour. Distress and disability are considered abnormal when they are unexpected responses to environmental stressors. According to national population health survey, 2. 15% of respondents (515,000) had consulted with a psychologist one or more times in the preceding year.
