A01

• Deviation from ideal mental health?

  Attempts to lay out what is normal or ideal mental health and then works backwards
• What does it describe?

  The characteristics and abilities that should possess to be considered normal or mentally healthy and then defines abnormality as a lacking or deviating from them
• What are the 6 ideals Jahoda (1958) outlines?

  1. Positive attitudes to self
  2. Accurate perception of reality
  3. Resistance to stress
  4. Autonomy
  5. Environmental mastery
  6. Personal growth