Abnormal psychology
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Sunday, September 11, y Abnormal Psychology Psychology - Distress - Deviance - Dysfunctional - Statistical infrequency - Axis 3: Medical problems - Axis 4: Major life stressers - Axis 5: Global assessment - Problems with the DSM: - Overdiagnoses - Thomas Scascz–mental illness is a way to repress those who are different from us - Power of diagnostic labels - We can confuse serious problems with normal problems - Illusion of objectivity - David Rosenhan–being sane in insane places 1
Transcript of Abnormal psychology
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Abnormal Psychology
Psychology- Distress
- Deviance
- Dysfunctional
- Statistical infrequency
- Axis 3: Medical problems
- Axis 4: Major life stressers
- Axis 5: Global assessment
- Problems with the DSM:
- Overdiagnoses
- Thomas Scascz–mental illness is a way to repress those who are different from us
- Power of diagnostic labels
- We can confuse serious problems with normal problems
- Illusion of objectivity
- David Rosenhan–being sane in insane places
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