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AQA definition 4 of abnormality notes
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- Psychopathology
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- AQA
definition four of abnormality of a psychopathology and paper one of psychology, including evaluation
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Definition 4 -deviation
from ideal mental health .
•
LOOK at what is normal
A different look think
to and
abnormality to about makes someone normal '
psychologically healthy
'
way at
normality us what ana .
Then
identify anyone who deviates this ideal
from
Johoda listed 8 criteria
Johoda C. 19581
suggested the
following criteria
for ideal mental health:
we :
1. have distress
no
symptoms or
2. are rational and
pereieve ourselves
accurately .
3.
self actilalise
4.
can cope with stress
5. have a realistic view the world
of
G. have back
good self esteem and
guilt
-
.
7. are
independent of other
people
8. work , love leisure
can
successful and
enjoy our
Inevitable overlap between definitions
someones inability to keep a
job may be a
sign of their
failure to cope with the
pressure of work C
failure to
function
or deviation the ideal of successfully working
from
as a .
Evaluation :
Strength :
comprehensive
P -
Ideal mental health criteria mental health It
includes a
range of for
covers most
of the reasons
why we
might need help
.
with mental health .
E- This means that mental health can be discussed
meaningfully with a
range of professionals eg psychiatrists
: .
M checklist which
therefore ideal mental health
provides against we can assess ourselves and others
-
a .
Counterpoint :
extremely high standards .
Few attain Jonodas criteria maintain An
of us all
for mental health and none
of us them
for long impossible set
of standards
.
criteria be
can be
disheartening This means that a set
of comprehensive for ideal mental health
may helpful for some but not others
. .
Limitation :
be culture bound
may
-
P health to actuates Alton isn't
some criteria ideal mental limited the US and Europe eg : self recognised in most
of the world
-
are
for ,
.
E- Even in europe there are variations in the valve
placed on independence chignon Germany ,
low in
Italy)
M -
This means that it is hard to ideal mental health one to
very apply the concept of from culture another .
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