Checklist for Psychpathology

• Definitions of abnormality include, deviation from social norms, failure to function adequately, statistical infrequency and deviation from ideal mental health.
• The behavioural, emotional and cognitive have characteristics towards phobias, depression and OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder).
• The behavioural approach to explaining and treating phobias: the two-process model, including classical and operant conditioning; systematic desensitisation, including relaxation and use of hierarchy; flooding.
• The cognitive approach to explaining and treating depression; Beck's negative triad and Ellie's ABC model; cognitive behaviour therapy(CBT) including challenging irrational thoughts.
• The biological approach to explaining and treating OCD: genetic and neural explanations; drug therapy.