PSY240H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Bipolar Disorder, Mental Disorder, Personal Distress
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It becomes an us vs. them way of thinking: stigma comes from inaccurate information, stigma can be seen on a number. The three major themes of this book: behavioral and experiential perspective: behaviors and experiences observed in psychopathology. This could be an attempt by our body to protect itself: ex: blood disorder sickle-cell anemia is a genetic disorder than can cause a variety of physiological problems, it also allows resistance to malaria. Hence, having one disorder may be protective of another. Biopsychosocial: those with mental illness or even a medical disorder should not be understood from only a biological perspective. Psy240 abnormal psychology chapter 1 readings. That is to say, such individuals often do not see, feel, or think there are alternatives. This results in their psychological processes being rigid and patterned. Having fewer alternatives also suggests that they have less freedom in any given situation.
