PSYC 3140 Lecture 1: Lectures 1 & 2 PSYCH 3140 with PPT info-detailed
28 Jan 2017
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A definition of psychopathology the scientific study of abnormal behavior in an effort to describe, predict, explain and change abnormal patterns of functioning . Defining features of abnormality: statistical rarity : behavior is abnormal if it occurs infrequently in the population- As abnormal: einstein-innovative ideas, lebron james- great athleticism. 2. many (but not all) people with psychological disorders report personal distress: bipolar- manic episodes (they prefer the period of high they feel, grief- cultural norms, within a cultural context? rather than categoricalno clear cut boundary. Dysfunction: breakdown in cognitive, emotional or behavioural functioning. Behavioural, psychological, or biological dysfunctions that are unexpected in their cultural context and associated with present distress and impairment in functioning, or increased risk of suffering, death, pain or impairment. 1850 provincial lunatic asylum opens in toronto. 1918: founded cncmh canadian national committee for mental hygiene now known as cmha (canadian mental health association) Major depressive episode at u of t recovered! believed mental illness was treatable.
