Psychopathology - deviations from abnormality (2)

Question 1

What is failure to function adequately?

Answer 1

Occurs when someone is unable to cope with the ordinary demands of day to day living

Question 2

What are 3 signs that someone is failing to function adequately?

Answer 2

Cannot hold down a job

Unable to maintain basic standards

Cannot maintain relationships with people around them

Question 3

What are the 4 additional signs, proposed by Rosenham and Seligman (1989) of someone failing to function adequately?

Answer 3

Cannot conform to standard interpersonal rules

Experiences severe personal stress

Behaviour becomes irrational and dangerous to themselves or others

Question 4

What is an example of someone failing to function adequately?

Answer 4

Intellectual disability disorder

Question 5

What is deviation from ideal mental health?

Answer 5

Occurs when someone does not meet a set of critera for good mental health