Definitions of abnormality 2

Question 1

What is deviation from ideal mental health?

Answer 1

• When someone does not meet a criteria for good mental health

Question 2

What is failure to function adequately?

Answer 2

When someone is unable to cope with ordinary demands from day to day living

Question 3

Explain failure to function adequately?

Answer 3

• where they can’t cope with demands of everyday life.
• This is failure to function adequately
• This might occur when we’re unable to meet basic standards of nutrition and hygiene.
• Also if they are unable to hold jobs and relationships.

Question 4

When is someone failing to function adequately?

Answer 4

• When a person no longer conforms to standard rules. Maintaining eye contact
• When a person experiences distress or when they are dangerous to others

Question 5

Explain deviation from ideal mental health?

Answer 5

• Ignore the issue of what makes someone abnormal but think what makes them normal.
• We consider deviation from ideal mental health

Question 6

What does ideal mental health look like?

Answer 6

• No symptoms of distress
• Strive to reach our potential
• Cope with stress
• Realistic view on the world
• Good self esteem and lack of guilt

Question 7

Evaluate a strength of failure function criteria?

Answer 7

• Sensible threshold when people need help
• 25% of people experience mental health in a given year. Most people are referred by others.
• This criterion means that treatment can be targeted at people who need it most

Question 8

Evaluate a limitation of failure to function?

Answer 8

• Easy to label non standard lifestyles as abnormal.
• It can be hard to say when someone is is failing to function and when they have to deviate from social norms.
• Not having a job to some people might make them feel like failures.
• This means people who make unusual choices are being labelled as abnormal

Question 9

What is a strength of Ideal mental health criterion?

Answer 9

• It is highly comprehensive and it covers most of the reasons why might seek for mental health help. . This means they can be discussed with professionals to get different views.

Question 10

What is a limitation of ideal mental health criterion?

Answer 10

• Concepts are mostly in US and Europe.
• These will be dismissed in other parts of the world.
• For example what defines success in our country might not be in other countries.