PS280 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Deinstitutionalisation, Psychoanalysis, Emil Kraepelin
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Eccentric and unusual behavior are not necessarily abnormal according to diagnostic criteria. Behavior, speech, or thoughts that impair the ability of a person to function in way that is generally. Same meaning as psychological abnormality but implies a medical rather than psychological cause. Specific manifestation of this impairment of functioning, described by criteria established by experts. Both the scientific study of psychological abnormality and the problems faced by people who suffer. Behavior is judged as abnormal if it occurs infrequently in the population. Relative infrequency is ought to be one defining feature of abnormality. Another problem is it is not clear how unusual behavior has to be in order for it to be considered ab. Distress is not always present in those classified as abnormal. When behavior is clearly maladaptive, it is typically said to be abnormal. Dysfunction itself is not easily defined and distress is not always abnormal given certain circ.
