principles
Cards (10)
- prehistorypunishment from godabnormal behaviour was caused by religion, witchcraft and demonic possessionTREATMENTS = holy water, prayer, good deeds and positive thoughts, exorcism, immersing in boiling water
- greek cultureimbalances in the four humoursblood letting/ leachesdiet / exercisepurging
- psychogenicpsychologicalmental illness is a result of the unconsciouspsychoanalysis can gain insight into the past and thoughts in the unconsciousCBT , dream analysis, free association
- somatogenicgeneticsabnormal brain structure and abnormal levels of neurotransmittersdrug treatmentsECT, psychosurgery, psychpharmacology
- deviation from social normsculturally dependent, era dependentgoes against social expectations and lawsgroups decide what is and isn't acceptablefits with social expectationsvaries across cultures
- failure to function adequatelyfailure to cope with basic demandunable to hold a job or maintain relationshipscause distress to themselves or othersobjective to useculturally dependent, doesnt account for adaptive behaviours
- deviation from ideal mental healthfocuses on normal behaviourcriteria for ideal mental health is not metrational, can accurately perceive ourselves, independent, realistic views of the world and good self esteemeasy to measure, objectiverigid, culturally dependent, unrealistic to achieve all at once
- statistical infrequencybehaviour that occurs rarelyeg. average IQ = 100, Einstein = 160 IQ so labelled abnormalquantitative, objective, measurable and comparativeincomplete as not all abnormal behaviour is negative
- ICD diagnosisinternational classification of diseasesminimum of one clear symptom for a one month periodparanoid schizophrenia, disorganised schizophrenia, catatonic schizophrenia and undifferentiated schizophrenia
- DSM diagnosisdiagnostic statistical manualtwo or more symptoms of delusions, hallucinations, disorganised speech, catatonic behaviour, poverty of speech and motivationmost used in america