Characterization of Abnormal Behavior

Question 1

What is not enough to the scientific approach to clinical psychology?

Answer 1

Good intentions

Question 2

What are some harmful treatments in clinical psychology?

Answer 2

• Critical incident stress debriefing (trauma)
• Facilitated communication
• Scared straight programs
• Boot-Camp interventions
• DARE programs
• Recovered-memory techniques

Question 3

Facilitated Communication

Answer 3

Supported typing for children with communication disabilities

Question 4

What is the main issue with facilitated communication?

Answer 4

False accusations of child abuse

Question 5

What factors are relevant to abnormality?

Answer 5

• Rare
• Deviation from social norms
• Distress or discomfort
• Functional impairment
• Risk/harm to self or others

Question 6

What fraction of people will meet criteria for a mental disorder at some point in life?

Answer 6

3/4

Question 7

Is abnormality normal?

Answer 7

YES

Question 8

What is abnormality?

Answer 8

Mental disorders

Question 9

What is a mental disorder?

Answer 9

Syndrome characterized by clinically significant disturbance in an individual’s cognition, emotion, regulation, or behavior

Question 10

What are the two inclusion criteria that is associated with a mental disorder?

Answer 10

Distress and disability

Question 11

Distress

Answer 11

Painful or upsetting

Question 12

Disability

Answer 12

Impairment in functioning

Question 13

What are the three exclusion criteria not associated with a mental disorder?

Answer 13

• Expectable or culturally approved response to a common stressor or loss
• Socially deviant behavior
• Conflict between individual & society

Question 14

What is a used to diagnose a mental disorder?

Answer 14

Diagnostic & Statistical Manual (DSM)

Question 15

What are the 3 specifications for diagnosis assessment in DSM-5?

Answer 15

• Clinical diagnosis & medical conditions
• Psychosocial & contextual factors
• Disability