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Abnormal Psychology Many mental health professionals take a scientific
Preliminaries | February 07 2025 approach to their clinical work and therefore are called
scientist-practitioners.
- Consumer of Science: Enhancing the practice
CHAPTER 1: Abnormal Psychology in Historical
- Evaluator of Science: Determining the
Context
effectiveness of the practice
- Creator of Science: Conducting research that
What is Abnormal Psychology? leads to new procedures useful in practice
- The field concerned with nature, development,
and treatment of mental disorders
- The study of mental illness or mental disorders
Clinical Description
- Also called psychopathology
- Psycho means mind, while pathology
means pathogen or organism causing Presenting problem: Indicates why the person sought
disease professional help.
Psychological Disorder Describing the presenting problem starts with the
- A psychological dysfunction within an individual Clinical Description: represents the unique combination
associated with distress or impairment in of behaviors, thoughts, and feelings that make up a
functioning and a response that is not typical or specific disorder.
culturally expected
- 4 D : dysfunction, distress, deviance, danger Prevalence: no of cases as a whole / total number
Incidence: no of new cases at a given period
Physical dysfunction. refers to a breakdown in cognitive,
emotional, or behavioral functioning. Age of Onset
- Typical age of onset differs from one disorder to
Distress or Impairment. is satisfied if the individual is another
extremely upset; suffering. - Acute Onset: begins suddenly
- Insidious Onset: develop gradually over a
Deviancy. Occurs infrequently. The greater the deviation, period
the more abnormal it is.
Course
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Chronic Course: lasts a long time, sometimes a
(DSM) lifetime
- The handbook used by healthcare professionals - Episodic Course: the individual is likely to
as the authoritative guide to the diagnosis of recover within a few months only to suffer a
mental disorders recurrence of the disorder at a later time
- Latest version: DSM-5-TR released in March 2022 - Time-limited Course: the disorder will improve
- Published by American Psychiatric Association without treatment in a relatively short period
- APA’s goal in revising DSM-5 was to thoroughly with little or no risk of recurrence
update the text of the manual to incorporate new
research findings that have appeared since Developmental Psychopathology - examines the
DSM-5 was published in 2013. emergence and progression of psychological disorders
- Contains the typical profile of disorders called across different stages of development, primarily
prototypes. focusing on childhood and adolescence.
- Adds the dimensional estimates of the severity of
specific disorders where severity is on a Life-span Developmental Psychology - studies
continuous scale. abnormal behavior across the entire lifespan.
Professionals in the field of Psychology
- Clinical Psychologists - concentrates on more
Causation, Treatment, and Etiology Outcomes
severe psychological disorders
- Counseling Psychologists
- PsyD Degrees - focus on clinical training Etiology - the study of origins. Includes biological,
- PhD Degrees - integrate clinical and research psychological, and social dimensions.
training
- Psychiatrists - has MD Degree
- Psychiatric Social Workers - expertise in Historical Conceptions of Abnormal Behavior
collecting relevant information and case
management, and concentrates on family
problems | The Supernatural Model / Tradition
- The belief that divinities, demons, spirits, or other
Abnormal Psychology Many mental health professionals take a scientific
Preliminaries | February 07 2025 approach to their clinical work and therefore are called
scientist-practitioners.
- Consumer of Science: Enhancing the practice
CHAPTER 1: Abnormal Psychology in Historical
- Evaluator of Science: Determining the
Context
effectiveness of the practice
- Creator of Science: Conducting research that
What is Abnormal Psychology? leads to new procedures useful in practice
- The field concerned with nature, development,
and treatment of mental disorders
- The study of mental illness or mental disorders
Clinical Description
- Also called psychopathology
- Psycho means mind, while pathology
means pathogen or organism causing Presenting problem: Indicates why the person sought
disease professional help.
Psychological Disorder Describing the presenting problem starts with the
- A psychological dysfunction within an individual Clinical Description: represents the unique combination
associated with distress or impairment in of behaviors, thoughts, and feelings that make up a
functioning and a response that is not typical or specific disorder.
culturally expected
- 4 D : dysfunction, distress, deviance, danger Prevalence: no of cases as a whole / total number
Incidence: no of new cases at a given period
Physical dysfunction. refers to a breakdown in cognitive,
emotional, or behavioral functioning. Age of Onset
- Typical age of onset differs from one disorder to
Distress or Impairment. is satisfied if the individual is another
extremely upset; suffering. - Acute Onset: begins suddenly
- Insidious Onset: develop gradually over a
Deviancy. Occurs infrequently. The greater the deviation, period
the more abnormal it is.
Course
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Chronic Course: lasts a long time, sometimes a
(DSM) lifetime
- The handbook used by healthcare professionals - Episodic Course: the individual is likely to
as the authoritative guide to the diagnosis of recover within a few months only to suffer a
mental disorders recurrence of the disorder at a later time
- Latest version: DSM-5-TR released in March 2022 - Time-limited Course: the disorder will improve
- Published by American Psychiatric Association without treatment in a relatively short period
- APA’s goal in revising DSM-5 was to thoroughly with little or no risk of recurrence
update the text of the manual to incorporate new
research findings that have appeared since Developmental Psychopathology - examines the
DSM-5 was published in 2013. emergence and progression of psychological disorders
- Contains the typical profile of disorders called across different stages of development, primarily
prototypes. focusing on childhood and adolescence.
- Adds the dimensional estimates of the severity of
specific disorders where severity is on a Life-span Developmental Psychology - studies
continuous scale. abnormal behavior across the entire lifespan.
Professionals in the field of Psychology
- Clinical Psychologists - concentrates on more
Causation, Treatment, and Etiology Outcomes
severe psychological disorders
- Counseling Psychologists
- PsyD Degrees - focus on clinical training Etiology - the study of origins. Includes biological,
- PhD Degrees - integrate clinical and research psychological, and social dimensions.
training
- Psychiatrists - has MD Degree
- Psychiatric Social Workers - expertise in Historical Conceptions of Abnormal Behavior
collecting relevant information and case
management, and concentrates on family
problems | The Supernatural Model / Tradition
- The belief that divinities, demons, spirits, or other
