1 Psychopathology

Question 1

How many stages is there in deviation from ideal mental health

Answer 1

6

Question 2

What are the 4 definitions of abnormality

Answer 2

Statistical infrequency
Deviation from social norms
Failure to function adequately
Deviation from ideal mental health

Question 3

How and when created deviation from ideal mental health

Answer 3

Jahoda 1958

Question 4

What are the 6 stages of deviation from ideal mental health

Answer 4

1. Positive attitude towards self
2. Self-actualisation
3. Autonomy
4. Resistance to stress
5. Environmental mastery
6. Acute perception of reality

Question 5

What are the 2 cognitive approaches to treating depression

Answer 5

Ellis - ABCDE model (Dispute, Effect)
- shame attacking exercises, empirical + logical arguments

Beck - CBT
- the patient acts like a scientist to collect info to test thought processes

Question 6

Describe the biological approach to treating OCD (4 marks)

Answer 6

• SSRI to “correct” an imbalance of neurochemicals to reduce symptoms associated with OCD
• timescale (3-4 mths to take effect)
• block reuptake channel + breakdown in the brain
• keep serotonin in the cleft so can stimulate the postsynaptic neuron

Question 7

Evaluation Points for definitions of abnormality are

Answer 7

Cultural relativism
Unattenable
Desirability
Circumstances like greif

Question 8

Evaluation Points for OCD biological explanation

Answer 8

SSRI shown to work
Reductionist
Deterministic (biological)

Question 9

A study that can be used in evaluating the biological approach of OCD

Answer 9

Lewis

37% of patients had a parent with OCD
21% of patients had a sibling with OCD