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psychopathology
the study of abnormal psychology is the study of people who suffer mental, emotional and often physical pain
cultural relativism
the view that there are no universal standards or rules for labeling a behavior as abnormal. instead, behaviors can be labeled abnormal only relative to cultural norms.
dysfunctional
behaviors, thoughts or feelings are known as dysfuncitonal when they interfere with the person's ability to function in daily life, to hold a job or to form close relationships
The four D's of abnormality
dysfunction, distress, deviance, dangerousness
distress
feelings and behaviors that cause distress to the individual or to others around him/her are also likely to be considered abnormal.
deviant
highly deviant behaviors such as hearing voices when no one else is around lead to judgments of abnormality
biological theories
view abnormal behavior as similar to physical diseases, caused by the breakdown of systems in the body
supernatural theories
view abnormal behavior as a result of divine intervention, curses, demonic possession and personal sin
psychological theories
view abnormal behavior as a result of traumas, such as bereavement, or of chronic stress
trephination
tool used for drilling into the skull in the stone ages to allow spirits to depart from the brain
psychic epidemics
a phenomenon in which large numbers of people engage in unusual behaviors that appear to have a psychological origin
mental hygiene movement
based on the psychological view that people developed problems because they had become separated from nature and succumbed to the stresses imposed by the rapid social changes of the period (eighteenth and nineteenth centuries)
moral treatment
based on the belief that abnormalities could be cured by restoring patients'dignity and tranquility
general paresis
disease that leads to paralysis, insanity and eventually death
mesmerism
healing of abnormalities by a person touching patients' heads to realign the brain based of of their magnetic forces p
psychoanalysis
the study of the unconscious
self-efficacy beliefs
people's beliefs about their ability to execute behaviors necessary to control important events are crucial in determining people's well-being
patients' rights movement
argued that mental patients can recover more fully or live more satisfying lives if they are integrated into the community (1960) through the process of deinstitutionalization
community mental health movement movement attempting to provide mental health services to people in
movement attempting to provide mental health services to people in community mental health centers (1963)
halfway houses
offer people with long-term mental health problems the opportunity to live in a structured, supportive environment as they try to reestablish working relationships and ties to family and firends
managed care
collection of methods for coordinating care that ranges from simple monitoring to total control over what care can be provided and paid for

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