Abnormality - Deviation From Ideal Mental Health

Question 1

What does the deviation from Ideal Mental Health do ?

Answer 1

Thinks about what makes anyone normal rather than what makes anyone abnormal

Question 2

What does ideal Mental Health look like ?

Answer 2

-No symptoms or distress
- rational and can perceive ourselves accurately
- self actualise : strive to reach our potential
- can cope with stress
- we have a realistic view of the world
- we have good self esteem
- we are independent of other people
- we can successfully work love and enjoy our lesiure

Question 3

Is there overlap between deviation from ideal mental health and FTFA?

Answer 3

Yes there is

Question 4

The inablity to not keep a job is either FTFA or DFMH?

Answer 4

As they both overlap

Question 5

AO3 : Strength : A comprehensive definition?

Answer 5

The ideal mental health includes a range of criteria for distinguishing mental health from illness
Covers most of the reasons why we might seek help with mental health
Discuss mental health meaningfully
Ideal mental health provides a checklist against which we can assess ourselves and others and discuss physiological issues with a range of professionals

Question 6

AO3 : Weakness: Culture bound / ungenralisable

Answer 6

It’s difficult to apply concept of ideal mental health from one culture to another as different elements are not equally applicable across other cultures
Based on Americans and western europeans so can’t generalise to other people
Success is seen as important in the west seen as self indulgent in the east so will be dismissed as ideal mental health and so will be defined differently in other cultures