PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Demonology, Psychology, Community Psychology
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Chapter 1- introduction: definitional & historical considerations, & canada"s mental. What is abnormal behaviour: abnormality is usually determined by the presence of several characteristics at one time, abnormal behaviour includes such characteristics as statistical infrequency, violation of norms, personal distress, disability or dysfunction, & unexpectedness. Personal distress: another characteristic is personal suffering; that is, behaviour is abnormal if it creates great distress & torment in the person experiencing it. Unexpectedness: distress & disability are considered abnormal when they are unexpected responses to environmental stressors, according to goering et al the major proportion of primary mental health care in. Canada is delivered by general practitioners : psychological services are vastly underused www. notesolution. com, many areas of canada are underserved by two important mental health professions. History of psychopathology: many early philosophers, theologiansm & physicians who studied the troubled mind believed that deviancy reflected the displeasure of the gods or possessions by demons.
