what is abnormal psychology no single definition of abnormal behavior no single definition of normal behavior what constitutes a mental disorder psychological dysfunction impairment in ability to function personal distress or impairment difficulty performing appropriate and expected roles impairment set in the context of person s background atypical or not culturally expected response Rosenhan experiment 1973 1st part 8 healthy adults faked auditory hallucinations to gain admission to a psychiatric hospital behaved normally in hospital denied any symptoms while admitted hospital treated them like they had a disorder 2nd part hospital challenged Rosenhan to send more pseudopatients Rosenhan didn t actually do it but the hospital thought they did and identified many as pseudopatients point is that we can be highly influenced by context cultural variants in psychological disorders factors that vary between cultures ways symptoms manifest circumstances related to onset of disorder examples of non US disorders ataque de nervios attack of the nerves in Latin America koro in Southeast Asian males fear that something terrible is happening to your genitals modern approach scientist practitioner model empirical research to develop and test treatments limitations in specifying cause of disorders psychopharmacology psychotherapy How does a psychologist s own bias personal and academic affect diagnosis How do the high rates of co morbidity between DSM disorders affect our understanding of each of them What are the flaws in our current mental health disorder classification system
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