PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Thomas Szasz, Social Stigma, Schizophrenia

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

Document Summary

The medical model: proposes that it"s useful to think as abnormal behaviour as a disease. The rise of the medical model made improvements for treatments for those with abnormal behaviour. Some believe medical diagnoses of abnormal behaviour put potentially derogatory labels on people. Psychotic, schizophrenic and mentally ill carry a social stigma. Many psychological disorders are partly related to genetic and biological factors, making it a physical illness and has less of a stigma. Thomas szasz: abnormal behaviour is a deviation from social norms rather than an illness. Deviations are problems in living rather than medical problems. Prognosis: a forecast about the probably course of an illness. When making a diagnosis, there is criteria: Deviance: when people violate social and cultural norms they may be labeled as mentally ill. Maladaptive behaviour: when a person"s everyday adaptive behaviour is impaired, they have a psychological disorder. Personal distress: individual reports great personal distress.