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PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS LECTURE 1 OF 2
Brief History on Views about Psychological Disorders • Stone age – people were possessed by demons/spirits and trephining allowed for their escape • Hippocrates (460-367 BC) - psychological functioning was due to disturbances in body fluids called “humours” • Europe in Middle Ages -exorcisms were performed to drive away evil -asylums began to appear but the mentally ill were treated inhumanely Anki flife - memorise -
• 18 th century (age of enlightenment) - Pinel ordered humane treatment and initiated the medical model (whose influence remains today) Medical Model – proposes that abnormal behavior be viewed as a disease and treated as one (like physical illnesses) -this eventually gave rise to psychiatry and patients were treated in mental hospitals - -
Defining Abnormal Behavior • No clear-cut way of distinguishing normal from abnormal behavior • Context must sometimes be taken into consideration 4 Major Criteria for Defining Abnormal Behavior (all have short-comings) Context is important to distinguish abnormal behaviour
1) Statistical Frequency - behavior that’s infrequent is abnormal -definition is based strictly on numbers Problem – not all infrequent behaviors are judged as “abnormal” ( eg. exceptional athletic ability ) 2) Deviation from Social Norms Problem -abnormality is culturally relative -norms change over time - not all socially deviant behaviors are indicative of “abnormality” ( eg. burping in public ) D Statistical frequency infrequent Schaior 6) Ansel on waters 2) Deviation from social of n geriant schevour is abromal
3) Behavior is Abnormal if it’s Maladaptive -everyday adaptive behavior is impaired Problem – this view makes a judgment about the consequences of behavior, which can be subjective ( eg drinking alcohol isn’t abnormal but if it interferes with daily functioning, it is ) -
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