Psychology 2310A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-6: Trauma Model Of Mental Disorders, Psychological Evaluation, Hypersomnia

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2310A/B
• Professor: Katerina Rnic

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Distress is often normal for certain periods of time. It appears to be a frequent bu not essential feature of abnormality: personal dysfunction: when behaviour is clearly maladaptive it is typically said to be abnormal. Treatments normally involve psychological intervention: psychiatrists are trained in medicine prior to doing specialized training in dealing with mental disorders. Its hard to discern any clear common thread in the different criteria: not one single criteria for defining abnormality is satisfactory, normally some combination of criteria is used, plato placed emphasis on social-cultural influence on thought and behaviour. Practitioners need to be competent consumers of research and researchers need to ensure that their findings apply to real world environments. )n a modified version beck"s cognitive formulation of depression and anxiety model depressive and anxious symptoms result from the activation of negative schemas which are associated with increased activation in the amygdalohippocampal subcortical region of the brain.