Constructs of Normality
This construct defines normality based on what most people do or feel.
What is statistical normality?
This historical institution is infamous for its harsh treatment of people with mental illness.
What is an Asylum?
This anxiety disorder involves persistent, uncontrollable worry about everyday things.
What is Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)?
This type of therapy focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviours.
What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)?
The term for negative attitudes and stereotypes about mental illness.
What is stigma?
This construct determines normality by whether behaviour fits the situation.
What is situational normality?
This major manual is used by psychologists to diagnose mental disorders.
What is the DSM-V?
This disorder includes extreme mood swings between mania and depression.
What is bipolar disorder?
Freud’s approach to therapy based on unconscious conflicts.
What is psychoanalysis?
This well-known movie portrays the lived experience of schizophrenia.
What is “A Beautiful Mind”?
This construct uses physical or mental health standards to define normality.
What is the medical approach to normality?
This era believed mental illness was caused by possession or evil spirits.
What are the Middle Ages?
Hallucinations and delusions are this type of symptom in schizophrenia.
What are positive symptoms?
This treatment approach uses medication to balance brain chemistry.
What is biomedical treatment?
This Australian service provides free mental health support for young people aged 12–25.
What is Headspace?
This construct defines normality based on whether behaviour is socially acceptable within a culture.
What is socio-cultural normality?
One limitation of the DSM-V due to cultural differences.
What is cultural bias in diagnosis?
This dissociative disorder involves the presence of two or more distinct identities.
What is Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)?
One major ethical requirement when diagnosing or treating clients.
What is informed consent?
A positive outcome of accurate mental illness representation in media.
What is reducing stigma / increasing awareness?
This construct considers if a person can cope with everyday life and responsibilities.
What is functional normality?
The name for overstretching diagnostic categories to label normal behaviour as disorder.
What is overdiagnosis or medicalisation?
This childhood disorder is characterised by persistent patterns of inattention and hyperactivity.
What is ADHD?
This form of therapy involves multiple people sharing experiences and practising skills together.
What is group therapy?
The school-based professional students can access for wellbeing or psychological help.
Who is the school counsellor?