❌ State of emotional and social wellbeing.
❌ Emotional and behavioural abnormalities which impair functioning.
❌ Cause of significant distress to self or others and impairs functioning.
What are some definitions of abnormality. (4 answers)
Statistical infrequency
Personal distress
Social or occupational disabiility
Violation of social norms
Weird or unusual behaviour
Having a persistent low mood
Constant worry
Uncalled for paranoia
What are the advantages of a medical model for mental illness?
Sympathy instead of hatred
Scientific investigation of causes and treatment
Simple and straightforward treatments for all disorders
Able to label the disorders
What are the disadvantages of the medical model for mental disorders?
Social isolation
Labelling
Encouraging passivity
Offers alternative solutions to previously supernatural phenomena
Causes rate of disorders to rise
What are some features of the diathesis stress model?
Assumes underlying vulnerability + stress causes a disorder
Vulnerability can vary over time
Results in different reactions to the same event between people
Assumes vulnerability is fixed over the lifespan
❌ Major Depression + Hypomanic episode
❌ Major Depression + Full manic episode
What are some of the symptoms of Mania
Abnormally elevated mood and energy
Inflated self esteem
Decreased need for sleep
Pleasureable risk taking
Pressure of speech
Decreased distractibility
Decrease in goal directed activity
Increased sleep
What are some of the symptoms of depression
Loss of interest
Psychomotor agitation
Loss of energy
Increase in goal directed behaviour
Sense of guilt and hope
Poor concentration
Increased energy
Depression is the best predictor of suicide.
Abramsons pessimistic attributional style
❌ (Internal Vs ❌ cause) ❌ (❌ Vs Specific effect) ❌ (Stable Vs ❌ cause)
What are some treatment strategies for anxiety?
Anxiety management
Worry control time
Coping strategies
Antidepressents
