Chapter 1 Flashcards
Definition of mental disorder:
Group of emotional cognitive or behavioral symptomsthat cause distress or significant problems
What are the 3 criteria to determining abnormal behavior?
-Deviance from the norm
-Adapting to lifes demands
-Experience of personal distress
Abnormal psychology definition
-Scientific study of troublesome feelings, thoughts, and behaviors
Maladaptive behavior definition
-An action that interferes with day to day life, relationships, daily functioning and ability to care for self.
Psychopathologist definition
Scientist who studies the development and prevention of mental problems
Mass Madness definition
-When groups of individuals simultaneously experience the same affliction or abnormal behaviors
Multicultural psychology
Scientific study of the effect of society on the way people think, feel and act
Diagnosis definition
-defined by rules that outline how many and what features of a mental disorder that must be present
The categorial approach
Medical model. Yes/no approach to diagnosis
The DSM-5 uses what approach? what approach does it also encourage?
Categorical approach, it encourages the dimensional approach
What is the DSM-5?
It contains diagnostic criteria for different metal illnesses
The field of psychopathology
scientific study of psychological disorders
What can emotional distress lead to
Emotional distress can lead to maladaptive behavior, feeling upset, and it can also lead to spikes in emotions (negative)
What does a dimensional perspective involve?
It involves the notion that people only differ in the DEGREE of symptoms/severity
diversity in psychopathology pretty much just means..
Mental disorders can vary greatly across many different demographic categories
Consumer perspective is..
becoming a more informed and aware consumer of scientific information on mental health that’s often presented in highly populated areas
types of prevention (first one on ladder)
Primary- Information for large, broader groups of people, prevention before mental illness pops up in anyone.
types of prevention (second one on ladder)
Secondary- more focused group of people that are showing slight symptoms, but no diagnosis. Higher risk people and they get specfifc screenings and prevention
Types of prevention (third on ladder)
Tertiary: People who have a diagnosed mental disorder and you try to prevent it from getting worse
Victimization:
The idea that your current state results from factors beyond your control
Empowerment approach
The idea that everything is under your control
Stigma can be fought by:
Education and promoting personal contact
Trephination definition
Drilling into affected persons head to ‘release’ the spirit that had taken over the body
Exorcism (definition)
the attempt to cast out the demon possessing the individuals body, usually by punishment or other painful ways. (try to make the demon uncomfortable)
