psychiatry 1.1 normality, life cycle, childhood and adolescence Flashcards
Psychosis
Reality testing: grossly impaired
Social and personal functioning: severely impaired
Characterized by:
Social withdrawal
Inability to perform usual household and occupational roles
Incorrect inferences about external reality
Neurosis
Reality testing and personality organization: intact Characterized by: Anxiety Obsession Compulsion Phobia Sexual dysfunction
Autonormal
Seen as normal by own society
Autopathological
Seen as abnormal by own society
Heteronormal
Seen as normal by members of other societies observing him
Heteropathological
Seen as unusual by members of another society observing him
Sigmund Freud
Normality is an idealized fiction
Kurt Eissler
Absolute normality cant be obtained
Because normal person must be totally aware of his thoughts and feelings
Melanie Klein
Normality is characterized by:
Strength of character
Capacity to deal with conflicting emotions
Ability to experience pleasure without conflict
Ability to love
Erik Erikson
Normality is ability to master periods/stages of life
Laurence Kubie
Normality is:
Ability to learn by experience
To be flexible
To adapt to changing environment
Heinz Hartmann
Conflict-free ego functions represent person’s potential for normality
The degree the ego can adapt to reality and be autonomous is related to mental health
Karl Menninger
Normality is ability to adjust to external world with contentment and mastery of acculturation
Alfred Adler
The ability to work heightens self-esteem and makes one capable of adaptation
The person’s capacity to develop social feeling and be productive is related to mental health
R.E Money-Kryle
Normality is an ability to achieve insight into one’s self (never fully accomplished)
Otto Rank
Normality is the capacity to live without fear, guilt, or anxiety and to take responsibility for one’s own actions
Sigmund Freud
Psychosexual theory