PSY 602 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Psychopathology, Maladaptation, Only Child

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 602
• Professor: Karen Milligan

Document Summary

Teacher"s perceptions of mental health disorders and if they are a pressing concern : canadian teachers" federation, 2012, 80% of students report that their mental health needs are not met at school (sambsa, 2013) What constitutes child disorder: abnormal or atypical behaviour. Inconsistent with developmental norms: behaviour that di ers from norm in frequency, intensity or duration, behaviour that is inappropriate for the situation. What is developmental psychopathology: developmental psychology, abnormal child psychology, patterns of adaptation over time. Developmental psychopathology: history: the study of the origins and course of individual patterns of behavioural maladaptation, whatever the age of onset, whatever the causes, . however complex the course of the developmental pattern may be"". Developmental psychopathology: paradigm shared perspective that includes assumptions, concepts, and ways to evaluate. What is developmental psychopathology: like normal development, psychopathology develops, develops according to the same principles as normal development, lifespan approach, multiply determined, child and environment are interdependent, transactional relationship.