PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLANATION:
Cognitive model of depression
CBT
Dream Analysis
Brown et al 1986
Symptoms:
Features:
Schizophrenia
Features:
Dopamine Hypothesis
Anti psychotics
Social class
Care in the community
Goldstein
Symptoms:
Key issue
Understanding Schizophrenia/depression
Definition of clinical
psychology: Clinical psychology
is about diagnosing, explaining
and treating mental illness.
Key terms
STATISTICAL DEFINITION OF ABNORMALITY:
Behaviour that is statistically rare is
said to be abnormal. IQ is often
given as a working example of the
definition.
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SOCIAL NORMS DEFINITION OF ABNORMALITY:
Behaviour that follows the social norms is said to be
normal and behaviour that does not is abnormal.
Culture, situation, gender and age, must be taken
into consideration when making a judgement. Norms
are social rules that people abide by, if people do not
follow such rules then it is seen as 'abnormal'.