failure to function adequately

• definition of failure to function adequately?

  an individual who struggles to function adequately and unable to continue with their normal everyday activites.
• Rosenham and seligman 1989- proposed 5 following features
• what is meant by observer discomfort?

  this is when a persons behaviour causes distress and discomfort to the observer
• what is meant by unpredictability?

  we rely on behaviour around us to be predictable
• what is meant by irrationality?

  we usually interpret the behaviour around us to be rational
• what is meant by maladaptiveness?

  behaviour which is not helpful and limits a person to adjust to a particular situation.
• what is meant by personal suffering and distress?

  the inability to cope with everyday life causes a personal distress/ suffering to the individual.