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Sunday, June 27, 2010
Abnormal Psychology Disorder - Abnormal Behavior
Abnormal psychology is the branch of psychology that studies unusual patterns of behavior, emotion and thought, which may or may not be understood as being a mental disorder. There is a long history of attempts to understand and control behavior deemed to be aberrant or deviant (statistically, morally or in some other sense), and there is often cultural variation in the approach taken.
The field of abnormal psychology identifies multiple different causes for different conditions, employing diverse theories from the general field of psychology and much still hinges on what exactly is meant by "abnormal".
There has traditionally been a divide between psychological and biological explanations, reflecting a philosophical dualism in regard to the mind body problem, as well as different approaches to the classification of mental disorders.
Many psychologists been trying to describe psychological diseases in the light of their manifestation. Most of the times they like to use dream interpretation in order to get a better explanation of why the disease appears and how it can be stopped or managed.
One in seven to ten people living in America will require medical help for psychological disorder once in their lives. Having knowledge about these disorders better prepares people to deal with situations, once they occur.
Symptoms
- Approach uses observable behaviors to understand abnormal psychology.
- Medical approach to understand and find root cause of biological causes and their effect on mental health
- Cognitive approach, The effort on part of psychologist is to change how an patient's internal thought pattern and reaction process.
You might want to try concepts of abnormal behavior Quiz or play psychology/personality tests
Abnormal Psychology is filled with small diagrams of the brain that illustrate the structures that are affected or influenced by the "abnormalities". Every disorder involves a particular structure in the brain. These diagrams help the students to understand the each and every part of the brain and find out the areas that are related with the psychological disorders. Abnormal Psychology also includes a section ‘Extraordinary People’ where the life of the people who live with psychological disorder is featured...
The field of abnormal psychology identifies multiple different causes for different conditions, employing diverse theories from the general field of psychology and much still hinges on what exactly is meant by "abnormal".
There has traditionally been a divide between psychological and biological explanations, reflecting a philosophical dualism in regard to the mind body problem, as well as different approaches to the classification of mental disorders.
Many psychologists been trying to describe psychological diseases in the light of their manifestation. Most of the times they like to use dream interpretation in order to get a better explanation of why the disease appears and how it can be stopped or managed.
One in seven to ten people living in America will require medical help for psychological disorder once in their lives. Having knowledge about these disorders better prepares people to deal with situations, once they occur.
Symptoms
- Suspicion
- Fear
- Anxiety Disorders
- Dissociative Disorders
- Somatoform Disorders and Factitious Disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Suicide
- Psychological Factors
- Personality Disorders
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Substance-Related Disorders
- Sexual Dysfunctions and Disorders
- Cognitive Disorders
- Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence
- Mental Retardation
- Eating Disorders
- Approach uses observable behaviors to understand abnormal psychology.
- Medical approach to understand and find root cause of biological causes and their effect on mental health
- Cognitive approach, The effort on part of psychologist is to change how an patient's internal thought pattern and reaction process.
You might want to try concepts of abnormal behavior Quiz or play psychology/personality tests
Abnormal Psychology is filled with small diagrams of the brain that illustrate the structures that are affected or influenced by the "abnormalities". Every disorder involves a particular structure in the brain. These diagrams help the students to understand the each and every part of the brain and find out the areas that are related with the psychological disorders. Abnormal Psychology also includes a section ‘Extraordinary People’ where the life of the people who live with psychological disorder is featured...
