PSYB32H3 Chapter 1: psyb32-chapter-1
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Chapter 1: definitional and historical considerations and canada"s mental health system. Brett"s childhood: his recent inability to maintain an erection when making love to his wife was the immediate reason for his seeking therapy, brett didn"t have a happy childhood. His mother died suddenly when he was only 6 and for the next 10 yrs. , he lived either with his father or with a maternal aunt. Violation of norms: consider whether the behavior violates norms or threatens or makes anxious those observing it, violation of norms is too broad and too narrow, cultural diversity can affect how people view social norms. Personal distress: personal suffering; that is behavior is abnormal if it creates distress and torment in the person experiencing it, hunger and childbirth pain do not fall under this, but some disorders don"t involve distress, ie. Psychopath"s don"t feel remorse of distress from their actions.
