PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Canadian Mental Health Association, The Retreat, Supportive Housing
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Chapter 1: definitional and historical considerations, and canada"s mental health system. Psychopathology: concerned with nature & development of abnormal behaviour, thoughts, & feelings. Statistical infrequency used explicitly in diagnosing mental retardation. When an individual"s iq is below 70, his/her intellectual functioning is considered sufficiently subnormal to be designated as mental retardation having great athletic ability is infrequent but few would regard that as abnormal. Violation of norms anti-social behaviour of the psychopath & obsessive-compulsive disorder fits this criminals and prostitutes violate social norms but aren"t considered abnormal cultural diversity can affect how people view social norms. Personal distress behaviour is abnormal if it creates great distress & torment in the person experiencing it anxiety disorders and depression suffer greatly not all forms of distress are abnormal (hunger, pain of childbirth ) Unexpectedness distress and disability are considered abnormal when they are unexpected responses to environmental stressors (person who worries about financial situations)
