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