Psychological abnormality
Impairs expected behavior, speech, or thought
Abnormality interpretation
Abnormal can be seen as pejorative
Psychopathology
Scientific study of psychological abnormality
Psychological disorder
Impairment of functioning causing distress
Anxiety disorder
State of apprehension or fear
Mental illness
Impairment of functioning due to medical causes
Dysfunction
Failure of internal mechanisms, maladaptive behavior
Depression
Triggered by complex social problems
Neurasthenia
Depression condition diagnosed in Asia
Clinical psychologists
Trained in psychology, assess environmental factors
Psychiatrists
Trained in medicine, diagnose mental disorders
Supernatural causes
Beyond ordinary mortal influence
Trephination
Drilling holes in heads to release evil spirits
Hippocrates Father of modern medicine, natural causes of mental
disorder
Plato
Emphasized sociocultural influences on behavior
Aristotle
Accepted Hippocrates' bodily fluids theory
Galen Identified physical and psychological sources of
mental disorder
Asylums
Refuge and protection for the mentally ill
Exorcism
Driving out evil forces to cure mental illness
Renaissance
Mixture of traditional ideas and original observations
Enlightenment Pinel
Ordered humane treatment of asylum patients
PSYC 236
Degeneration theoryChaptersDeviation
1-2 from normal functioning transmitted
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