Abnormal Psychology
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What is Psychological Abnormality?
 Most definitions have
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common features:
“the four D’s”
Deviant
Distressing
Dysfunctional
Dangerous
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Deviance
 Behavior, thoughts,
and emotions are
those that…
 Norms—
 Culture—
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Distress
 Behavior, ideas, or emotions usually have
to cause distress before they can be
labeled abnormal
 The Ice Breakers
 Some people who function abnormally…
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Dysfunction & Danger
 Interferes with daily
functioning
 Cannot care for…
 Behavior consistently
careless, hostile, or
confused and place
themselves at risk
 Exception rather than
the rule
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Treatment
 A procedure to help
change abnormal
behavior into more
normal behavior
 3 key features
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Ancient Views of Treatment
 Work of evil spirits
 Battleground of good
and evil
 Trephination
 Exorcism
 Hippocrates
 Humors
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4 Humors
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Middle Ages
 Religious beliefs
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dominated life
Again, good vs. evil
Abnormal behavior
increased during…
Mass Madness
Tarantism
Lycanthropy
Cure?
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Tarantism
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Renaissance and Asylums
 Johann Weyer
 Asylums
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Moral Treatment
Benjamin Rush
Dorothea Dix
State Hospitals
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Current Trends
 Psychotropic Medications
 Kinds…
 Deinstitutionalization
 Outpatient Care
 Prevention
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