Abnormal Psychology
1. Chapter One
2. What things must Psychological dysfunction
you take into -What is the function of the trait or perception. What is it
account when supposed to do in an adaptive context? Does it distort what in an
working evolutionary context your brain/body/thoughts are doing?
towards a
definition of ab-
normal behavior? Personal distress or impairment
-May not be subjective distress as they may be disconnected from reality.
-Personal distress or impairing day to day life.
Atypical or not culturally expected
-This can include religion.It has to be recognized as typical within the
culture context. Where they came from may not look ditterent.
The two documents that define what we consider a mental disorder.
-Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5)
-International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health
Problems (ICD-10)
3. What is the In any given year, 1 in 5 Canadians experience a mental illness or
prevalence addiction problem
of mental
illness? By age 40, 50% of Canadians will have, or have had, a mental illness
70% of mental health problems begin during childhood or adolescence
4. Who is
(Early onset more likely to be chronic.)
affected by
mental illness
? Young people aged 15-24 more likely to experience MI (mental
illness)/substance related disorders than any other age
Men have higher rates of addiction
, Abnormal Psychology
Women have higher rates of mood/anxiety problems
People with mental illness 2x as likely to have substance abuse problems
20-50% have co-morbid substance use problems (most treatment
places don't like to treat the illness without the addiction under control)
Lowest income group are 3-4x more likely to have mental
illness 23-67% of homeless people sutter from mental
illness
Potential bi-directionality?
Mental illness is the leading cause of disability
2% of adults and 14% of adolescents have seriously contemplated
suicide 75% of suicides are men but women attempt 3-4x more
often
5. What three
func- tions Indigenous youth have suicide rates 5-6x higher than non-Indigenous
does a sci- youth Inuit youth commit suicide at 11x the national average
entist
practition- er Consumer of science: enhancing the practice
exhibit?
Evaluator of practice: determining the ettectiveness of the practice
Creators of science: conducting research that leads to new procedures
useful in practice
6. What three major Clinical description
categories com- pose the study and discussion of
, Abnormal Psychology
-Symptoms, mannerisms,
what does it look like?
Causation (etiology)
-How did it come to be?
When was the onset?
What caused it?
, Abnormal Psychology
psychological dis- Treatment and outcome
orders? -Treatment is guided by how it all started what we do.
7. What is the Predominant thoughts during 14th and 15th centuries
su- pernatural
tradi- tion? Operating in a scientific black box How proximal did things occur to other
another.
Deviant behavior: a battle between good and evil . Assumed to be
deserved and was considered a divine punishment for abhorrent
behavior
Madness and evils caused by witches, demons and sorcery.
8. Past Historical Cured by creating an inhospitable environment in which the spirit doesn't
Conceptions want to live in anymore. (tourture)
of Abnormal
The Moon and Stars
Behav- ior
-Psychological functioning attected by movements of moon and stars.
The moon and -Hence, lunatic (electromagnetic changes do result from the moon)
stars
Stress and Melancholy
Stress and -Another opinion of 14th-15th centuries
melancholy -Insanity is a natural phenomenon (caused by mental or emotional
stress)
9. What was the -Treatable: rest, sleep, happiness, potions, baths
bi- ological
tradition
according to
Hip- pocrates? Psychological disorders have physical
causes Hysteria
Earliest diagnosis of mental illness. Diagnosed with ladies usually due to
1. Chapter One
2. What things must Psychological dysfunction
you take into -What is the function of the trait or perception. What is it
account when supposed to do in an adaptive context? Does it distort what in an
working evolutionary context your brain/body/thoughts are doing?
towards a
definition of ab-
normal behavior? Personal distress or impairment
-May not be subjective distress as they may be disconnected from reality.
-Personal distress or impairing day to day life.
Atypical or not culturally expected
-This can include religion.It has to be recognized as typical within the
culture context. Where they came from may not look ditterent.
The two documents that define what we consider a mental disorder.
-Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5)
-International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health
Problems (ICD-10)
3. What is the In any given year, 1 in 5 Canadians experience a mental illness or
prevalence addiction problem
of mental
illness? By age 40, 50% of Canadians will have, or have had, a mental illness
70% of mental health problems begin during childhood or adolescence
4. Who is
(Early onset more likely to be chronic.)
affected by
mental illness
? Young people aged 15-24 more likely to experience MI (mental
illness)/substance related disorders than any other age
Men have higher rates of addiction
, Abnormal Psychology
Women have higher rates of mood/anxiety problems
People with mental illness 2x as likely to have substance abuse problems
20-50% have co-morbid substance use problems (most treatment
places don't like to treat the illness without the addiction under control)
Lowest income group are 3-4x more likely to have mental
illness 23-67% of homeless people sutter from mental
illness
Potential bi-directionality?
Mental illness is the leading cause of disability
2% of adults and 14% of adolescents have seriously contemplated
suicide 75% of suicides are men but women attempt 3-4x more
often
5. What three
func- tions Indigenous youth have suicide rates 5-6x higher than non-Indigenous
does a sci- youth Inuit youth commit suicide at 11x the national average
entist
practition- er Consumer of science: enhancing the practice
exhibit?
Evaluator of practice: determining the ettectiveness of the practice
Creators of science: conducting research that leads to new procedures
useful in practice
6. What three major Clinical description
categories com- pose the study and discussion of
, Abnormal Psychology
-Symptoms, mannerisms,
what does it look like?
Causation (etiology)
-How did it come to be?
When was the onset?
What caused it?
, Abnormal Psychology
psychological dis- Treatment and outcome
orders? -Treatment is guided by how it all started what we do.
7. What is the Predominant thoughts during 14th and 15th centuries
su- pernatural
tradi- tion? Operating in a scientific black box How proximal did things occur to other
another.
Deviant behavior: a battle between good and evil . Assumed to be
deserved and was considered a divine punishment for abhorrent
behavior
Madness and evils caused by witches, demons and sorcery.
8. Past Historical Cured by creating an inhospitable environment in which the spirit doesn't
Conceptions want to live in anymore. (tourture)
of Abnormal
The Moon and Stars
Behav- ior
-Psychological functioning attected by movements of moon and stars.
The moon and -Hence, lunatic (electromagnetic changes do result from the moon)
stars
Stress and Melancholy
Stress and -Another opinion of 14th-15th centuries
melancholy -Insanity is a natural phenomenon (caused by mental or emotional
stress)
9. What was the -Treatable: rest, sleep, happiness, potions, baths
bi- ological
tradition
according to
Hip- pocrates? Psychological disorders have physical
causes Hysteria
Earliest diagnosis of mental illness. Diagnosed with ladies usually due to
