PSY 395 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Dsm-5, Mental Health Professional, Mental Disorder
21 Jan 2020
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What do we mean by abnormality: there is no consensus de nition, there are some clear indicators of abnormality. Indicators of possible abnormality: subjective distress. Maybe distressing to you not distressing to others: maladaptiveness /impairment. What does the event doing to the subject: statistical deviancy. A person withe high iq consider as abnormal: violation of the standards of society (anti-social disorder, ) You have done something isn"t good for the society: social discomfort in others. Your behavior is causing other feel discomfort: irrationality and unpredictability. You never know what the people going to do: dangerousness to self or others. Cultural and society play a role in determining what is /is not abnormal. December 1973 homosexuality is not abnormal any more. Classi cation systems (dsm5: provide nomenclature and common language. Thursday, january 16, 2020: allow information structuring and organization, facilitate research, de nes which di culties warrant insurance reimbursement. Disadvantages of classi cation: loss of individual"s information.
