Introduction to clinical psychology
Mental health disorder – clinically significant disturbance in an individuals cognition,
emotion regulation or behaviour
Normal behaviour
o Statistically frequent
o Positive bias to society/personally
o Socially normal
o Expected and appropriate
o No personal distress or harmful dysfunction
Approaches:
o Biological
o Psychoanalytical
o Behavioural
o cognitive
Mental health disorder – clinically significant disturbance in an individuals cognition,
emotion regulation or behaviour
Normal behaviour
o Statistically frequent
o Positive bias to society/personally
o Socially normal
o Expected and appropriate
o No personal distress or harmful dysfunction
Approaches:
o Biological
o Psychoanalytical
o Behavioural
o cognitive
