PSYCH 1XX3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Unit, Catatonia, Major Depressive Disorder
18 Apr 2017
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An event that consumes you so much that it affected all aspects of your life. What is normal or abnormal can vary between people, cultures and time periods, making it difficult to define what makes behaviour truly abnormal. Clinicians use a fixed set of criteria, summarized as the four d"s to broadly define abnormality. 4d"s: deviance, distress, dysfunction, danger these are criteria used as guidelines, and exhibiting 1 or more of these characteristics does not necessarily label someone as having a psychological disorder. The deviance criterion labels both extremes (ex. very low iq and very high iq) as deviant. Definition: refers to having thoughts, behaviours that fall far outside of the standards of what others are doing. Why is this criterion alone insufficient: people who differ from the norms of the group don"t all have psychological disorders. People with psychological disorders often (although not always) experience distress.
