Failure to function adequately

• When does a failure to function adequately occur?

  When someone is unable to cope with ordinary demands of day-to-day living
• Failure to function adequately: Occurs when someone is unable to cope with ordinary demands of day-to-day living
• When may we decide someone is failing to function adequately?

  When they are unable to maintain basic standards of nutrition/hygiene or hold down a job/maintain relationships
• Who proposed additional signs that can be used to determine if someone is failing to function adequately?

  Rosenhan and Seligman
• Signs Rosenhan and Seligman proposed to determine if someone is failing to function adequately:

  • Non-conformity to standard impersonal rules
  • Severe distress
  • Behaviour becomes irrational/dangerous
• What is an example of failing to function adequately?

  Intellectual disability disorder
• What must an individual be before receiving a diagnosis of intellectual disability disorder?

  Failing to function adequately