Abnormal Psych- Module 1
Characteristics of abnormal behavior -
personal distress, psychological disfunction, deviance from social norms, dangerousness ๎โ๏ธ๎
to self and others, and costliness to society
Define Abnormal Psychology -
the scientific study of abnormal behavior, with the intent to be able to predict reliability, โ๏ธ๎
explain, diagnose, identify causes of, and treat maladaptive behavior
Psychopathology -
scientific study of psychological disordersโ๏ธ๎
Epideimology -
scientific study of the frequency and causes of diseases and other health-related things in โ๏ธ๎
specific populations
Mental health epidemiology -
the study of the distribution of mental disorders in a populationโ๏ธ๎
Prevalence -
percentage of people in a population that has a mental disorderโ๏ธ๎
point prevalence -
The percentage of people in a given population who have a given disorder at any โ๏ธ๎
particular point in time. (# of active cases)
period prevalence -
all cases of a disease within a period of timeโ๏ธ๎
lifetime prevalence -
the percentage of people in the population who have had a disorder at some point in their โ๏ธ๎
lives
Comorbidity -
The coexistence of two or more disorders.โ๏ธ๎
Etiology -
cause of diseaseโ๏ธ๎
course -
a disorder's pattern (acute, chronic)โ๏ธ๎
prognosis -
a prediction of the course of a diseaseโ๏ธ๎
social cognition -
the processes by which we collect information from the world around us and interpret itโ๏ธ๎
