failure to function adequately Flashcards
what do people suffering from psychological abnormality struggle to cope with in their day to day life?
● hygiene
● social interactions / maintaining relationships
● maintaining job
what does this definition consider abnormality as?
● an inability to cope with everyday life
● looks at abnormality from an individual point of view
what additional signs did rosenhan and seligman propose to determine when someone is no longer coping?
● when a person no longer conforms to standard interpersonal rules
● when a person experiences severe personal distress
● when a persons behaviour becomes irrational or dangerous to themselves or others
what is the GAF?
● a numeric scale
● used by mental health clinicians to rate subjectively the social, occupational and psychological functioning of an individual
● measures how much a person’s symptoms affect their day to day life on a scale of 0-100
● with 100 representing superior functioning
