Notes on the psychology of abnormal behavior.

1. Monday, April 18, 2016
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Abnormal Psychology
Psychology
- Distress
- Deviance
- Dysfunctional
- Statistical infrequency
- Axis 3: Medical problems
- Axis 4: Major life stressers
- Axis 5: Global assessment
- Problems with the DSM:
- Overdiagnoses
- Thomas Scascz–mental illness is a way to repress those who are different from us
- Power of diagnostic labels
- We can confuse serious problems with normal problems
- Illusion of objectivity
- David Rosenhan–being sane in insane places