clinical introduction Flashcards

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what is meany by ‘abnormality’ with regard to mental illness?

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outside of the majority

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define ‘social constructionism’

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mental illness differing between societies/cultures and is best understood within social context

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give an example of social construction in clinical psychology

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  • in Sri Lanka, insanity is ascribed to external causes such as the supernatural and is a threat to the family as well as the individual
  • in Western cultures it is seen as biological disorders
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define ‘symptoms’

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things that characterise the disorder with regard to how they think/feel/behave

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define ‘features’

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statistics/aspects about a disorder eg how it develops or how other factors such as age link

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