Failure to function adequately

• If someone is failing to function adequately, they cannot do their everyday activities. For example, keeping up with hygiene, going to the shops, going to work.
• 𝓡𝓸𝓼𝓮𝓷𝓱𝓪𝓷 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓢𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓰𝓶𝓪𝓷:

  • Observer Discomfort
  • Unpredictability
  • Irrationality
  • Maladaptiveness
  • Personal suffering or distress
• 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑒𝓃𝑔𝓉𝒽𝓈:

  • Matches sufferers perceptions - allows the sufferers to seek help and know that they can’t function adequately.
  • Assess degree of abnormality - Global assessment of Functioning Scale (GAFS) can easily assess how well a person copes with every day life.
  • Observable behaviour - you can clearly see what behaviours are abnormal such as depression.
  • Patients perspective - acknowledges the experience of the patient.
• 𝓁𝒾𝓂𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈:

  • Exceptions to the rule - may just sometimes experience failure to function adequately, but can still function sometimes.
  • Not the whole picture - we don’t see all the issues so its hard to determine whether the person is unable to function adequately.
  • Cultural issues - racial prejudice and cultural differences make it hard for some people to function adequately.