PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS-ABNORMALITY

1.MENTAL ILLNESS BACKGROUND

1.3000 BC TREPANNING

2.HIPPOCRATUS CHALLENGED THE BELIEF, ASSERTED THAT DUE TO IMBALANCE OF BODY VITAL FLUIDS(PHLEGM, BLACK BILE, BLOOD,YELLOW BILE)

3.MIDDLE AGES: SPIRIT POSSESSION, EXORCISM

4.RENAISSANCE: DEMON POSSESSION, WITCH CRAFT, WITCHES AND PUT TO DEATH.

2.WHAT IS ABNORMAL

1.STATISTICAL DEFN- RARELY, HIGHER DEGREE

2.SOCIAL NORM/STANDARDS DEVIANCE-SITUATIONAL CONTEXT

3.SUBJECTIVE DISCOMFORT

4.INABILITY TO FUNCTION NORMALLY/ MALADAPTIVE

5.PSY DEFN: ANY PATTERN OF BEHAVIOUR THAT CAUSES SIGNIFICANT DISTRESS, CAUSE HARM THEMSELVES/OTHERS/ABILITY TO FUNCTION NORMAL DAILY LIFE

3.MODELS OF ABNORMALITY

1.BIOLOGICAL MODEL-CHEMICAL IMBALANCE, GENETIC PROBLEMS, BRAIN DAMAGE/DYSFUNCTION AND THOSE COMBINATIONS-- MENTAL ILLNESS, SYMPTOMS OF DISORDER, DIAGNOSIS, MENTAL PATIENT, MENTAL HOSPITAL, THERAPY, REMISSION ALL MEDICAL TERMS

PSYCHOLOGICAL MODELS INCLUDE

2.PSYCHOANALYSIS-HIDING PROBLEMS/REPRESSION

3.BEHAVIORISM LEARNING PROBLEMS

4.COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE: THINKING PROBLEMS

5.CULTURE BOUND SYNDROMES

4.DSM-4-TEXT REVISION

1.AXIS-1 CLINICAL DISORDERS

2.AXIS-2 PERSONALITY DISORDER

3.AXIS-3 GENERAL MEDICAL CONDITIONS

4.AXIS-4 PSYCHOSOCIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS

5.AXIS-5 GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING