Failure to function adequately

• Define failure to function adequately

  Distress and inability to cope with everyday activities, especially difficulties concerning work, social activities and family relationships
• Who proposed this definition of abnormality?

  Rosenhan and Seligman (1989)
• Why did Rosehan and Seligman suggests that individuals lose motivation to function?

  Disobeying social and interpersonal rules, signs if distress and dangerous behaviours