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Introduction to Abnormal Psychology

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Psychopathology

• Psychopathology examines the nature and development of abnormal - Behavior, Thoughts, Feelings
• Definitions of abnormality vary widely and may not capture all aspects of psychopathology - Psychopathological aspect (causes, mechanisms) - Clinical aspect (assessment, treatment)

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Defining Abnormal Behavior II

• Personal distress suggests that behaviors that

are accompanied by distress are abnormal

• Disability/dysfunction argues that impairment

of life function can be a component of

abnormal behavior

• Unexpectedness asks whether the responses

of a person to an environmental stressor are

appropriate, or adaptive

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Early Views of Psychopathology

• Demonology (Supernaturalism) is the view that abnormal mental function is due the occupation by an evil being of the mind of a person - Treatment requires exorcism
• Somatogenesis is the view that disturbed body function produces mental abnormality
• Psychogenesis is the belief that mental disturbance has psychological origins

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Demonology During the Dark

Ages

• The Dark ages were marked by a decline in

Greek and Roman civilizations and by an

increase of influence of churches

• Church authorities came to view witchcraft as

an explanation of abnormality

• Witches were in the league with the Devil
• Torture was required to elicit “confessions” of witchcraft; death by fire was required to drive out supposed demons

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Modern Approaches to Mental

Illness

• Systems of classification were developed

which argued that mental illness has a

biological cause

• Kraepelin suggested that clusters of symptoms form a syndrome
• Each syndrome has its own unique cause, course, symptoms, treatment, and outcome

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Causation of Mental Illness

• Physical disorder: general paresis involves paralysis and cognitive changes - General paresis was linked to brain destruction brought on by the infection related to syphilis
• Psychogenesis is the view that psychological issues can produce mental disorder - Breuer used hypnosis to induce patients to recall their troubled past; some patients experienced mental relief. - Breuer’s technique is the cathartic method

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• One-Dimensional Models

ONE CAUSE DISORDER

 Multidimensional Models

MANY CAUSES

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