PSY1022 Chapter : Week5Psych.docx
Document Summary
View of mental illness in which odd behaviour, hearing voices or talking to oneself was attributed to evil spirits infesting a body. View in which psychological abnormality was due to a physical disorder that required medical treatment. Institution for people with mental illness created in the 15th century. Approach to mental illness calling for dignity, kindness and respect for those with a mental illness. Scholars who argue that psychiatric diagnoses exert powerful negative effects on people s perceptions and behaviours. Diagnostic system containing the apa criteria for mental disorders. Percentage of people within a population who have a specific mental disorder. Co-occurrence of 2+ diagnoses within the same person. Mental disorder differs from normal functioning in kind rather than degree. Mental disorder differ from normal functioning in degree rather than kind. Legal defence proposing that people shouldn t be held legally responsible for their actions if they weren t of sound mind when committing them.
