PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Canadian Mental Health Association, Philippe Pinel, Mental Health Professional
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Chapter 1: introduction: definitional and historical considerations, and canada"s mental health: psychopathology is the field concerned with the nature and development of mental disorders. What is abnormal behaviour: abnormal behaviour are patterns of emotion, thought, and action deemed pathological for one or more of the following reasons: infrequent occurrence, violation of norms, person distress, disability or dysfunction, and unexpectedness. Unexpectedness: distress and disability are considered abnormal when they are unexpected responses to environmental stressors. E. g. an anxiety disorder is diagnosed when the anxiety is unexpected and out of proportion to the situation, as when a person who is well of worries constantly about his or her financial situation. History of psychopathology: many early philosophers, believed that deviancy reflected the displeasure of the gods or possession by demons. One popular theory is that it was a way of treating conditions such as epilepsy, headaches, and psychological disorders attributed to demons within the cranium.
