Concepts of Normality
This concept of normality defines behaviour as normal if it is typical for the majority of people in a society.
What is the statistical approach?
This category of disorders includes conditions like depression and bipolar disorder.
What are mood disorders?
This is the name and current edition of the manual most commonly used to diagnose mental health conditions.
What is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5)?
This is the term used to describe factors that increase the likelihood that a person will develop a mental health condition.
What are risk factors?
These are hallmark symptoms of Schizophrenia.
What are delusions and hallucinations?
This approach to normality considers whether behaviour is appropriate for the situation or context.
What is the situational approach?
Disorders in this category are characterised by excessive fear or anxiety.
What are anxiety disorders?
What is the purpose of a diagnostic manual?
To provide standardised criteria to assist with diagnosing mental disorders.
What are protective factors?
Factors that reduce the likelihood of developing a mental disorder or supports positive mental health.
What is the difference between a cognition and a behaviour?
This approach to normality focuses on whether a person can function effectively in everyday life.
What is the functional approach?
Schizophrenia is an example of this category of mental disorders.
What are psychotic disorders?
This manual contains all mental and physical diagnoses and is used internationally.
What is the International Classification of Diseases, Eleventh Edition (ICD-11)?
These are examples of risk factors for developing mental health conditions.
What is (3 of the following):
* Genetic predisposition
* Brain injury
* Trauma/abuse
* Substance use
* Insecure attachment style
* Lack of strong support system
This is a type of coping behaviour that causes harm to a patient.
What is maladaptive behaviour?
This approach defines normality based on what is considered acceptable within a specific culture or society.
What is the sociocultural approach?
Disorders in this category are characterised by rigid, unhealthy, and long-term patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving.
What are personality disorders?
This is the term used to describe the accuracy and consistency of diagnosis.
What is diagnostic reliability?
What is a protective factor?
Why might a psychologist ask for the input of a family member and/or friend of a patient?
To help identify patterns of behaviours that may not be obvious to the patient.
This approach to normality considers whether a person's behaviour, thoughts, and feelings are consistent with the time period.
What is the historical approach?
This term is used to refer to the presence of multiple conditions in a patient.
What is comorbidity?
This is the publisher of the DSM-5.
What is the American Psychiatric Association (APA)?
Why might one patient develop PTSD while another (who experienced a similar trauma) may not?
The patients may have different combination of risk/protective factors.
Why might abnormal behaviour alone not be indicative of a psychological disorder?
A person may behave abnormally without it causing significant impairment to daily functioning.