Normality varies by person, time, place, culture, and situation and
Normality varies by person, time, place, culture, and situation and
Psychological Assessment of Diana Miller The intention of this report is to provide a comprehensive investigation into the abnormal behaviours, diagnoses and treatment options of Diana Miller. Abnormal behaviour is comprised of such revealing features as deviating from societal norms, experiencing distressful thoughts and feelings, severe dysfunctional interruptions to daily life and ongoing endangerment of the self and/or others (Comer, 2015). These areas of abnormal functioning must be wholly assessed prior to the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders (Comer, 2015). To accomplish this, specific symptomatic behaviours are compared and contrasted with etiological and diagnostic features as well as biological, sociocultural and…
Abnormal Psychology: Diagnostic Sheet Patient’s name: Agnes, 43 Summary of Pertinent Case Features Presenting Problem: Patient states she has always been a tense person, has experienced agoraphobic symptoms off and on again during the last seven years, but the intensity has increased substantially in the last six months. Symptoms include rapid or irregular heartbeats (similar to having a heart attack), crying, and moaning. Patient also claims to suffer feelings of helplessness and depression. Patient reports that she was stable in her functioning, only showing occasional signs of nervous or anxiety in the early years of her marriage.…
Determining an abnormal behavior is based on unusualness, social deviance, emotional distress, maladaptive behaviors, dangerousness, and faulty perceptions or interpretations of reality.…
There were a total of 30 participants in the experiment. This was not a huge amount of participants, but it was enough for the researchers to maintain more control in the study. The participants were children (ages 7-11) and adolescents (ages 12-16) who were diagnosed with MDD at least 5 weeks prior this study in the NYS Psychiatric Institute in New York City. Before the study began, the researcher made sure the participants were not receiving any medications or therapy after being diagnosed to prevent any alterations in the results. Participants were going to receive $500 at the end of the study as a reward for participating.…
It is very certain that the DSM is designed to do various things, regarding the mental diagnosis of people. According to Dziegielewski (2015), some of the purpose indicated about DSM is the multidimensional use, which include creative interpretation that provide the groundwork for the possible strategy for service delivery (p.70). More so, the use of cultural formulation interview (CFI) system, present DSM 5 as a program that takes into consideration the culture of people when assessing their situations. Some basic strength of DSM: it helps professional communicate understanding about specific individuals, provide answer to issues some clients might be dealing with, clients may feel relieve when their problems are connected to a particular…
Question: What are the 3 D’s used to define abnormal behavior? What additional “D” is also used in defining behavior? Why is this 4th “D” considered controversial? According to the DSM-5 (as cited in Brindley and Daffin, 2018, Module 1.1.2) the 3 D's are dysfunction, distress, and deviance.…
Unfortunately, over the recent years, there are a number of clinicians from the clinical mental health practice who are in support of developing an alternative perspective and opposing DMS-5 for an array of propositions or concerns. There are more than enough clinical mental health practitioners who share adverse measurements and discourses for DSM-5. According to Whooley and Horwitz (2013), they suggested that the vicissitudes of the DSM-5 process can only be understood by situating it within the professional politics of American psychiatry over the last three decade.” They purported that the evolution of DSM-5 has manifested into a political progression scheme and debunked as a “defeat.” Essentially, MSD-5 has succumbed to and been confronted…
Severity Ranking In addition to the removal PDD-NOS and the merging of the four disorders under one code another area of debate focuses on the addition of the severity rankings. The severity rankings were established to help to determine how much support one would need if diagnosed with a social communication or repetititive behavior impairment under the ASD diagnosis (Hazen, McDougle, & Volkmar, 2013). In particular, when looking at levels of impairment, the criterion states that an individual would need to meet at least six items with a minimum of two from the social, and one from both the communication and repetitive domains (Fung & Hardan, 2014).…
The DSM-V is has generally been applauded since its release for its increased emphasis on culture and gender in evaluating and diagnosing mental disorders, seen in such things as the nine items (sets of symptoms that are culturally related and bound) in the Glossary of Cultural Concepts of Distress at the back of the book, and, for most diagnoses, including sets of culture and gender related diagnostic problems. It has also been praised for its intent to revise more frequently, with the possibilities of a DSM-5.1, 5.2, and so on, rather than the fourteen years of its own revision process, a point which is important in that as society and the world changes, our view, when studying abnormal psychology, of what normal functionally is, changes…
Omunique (Nikki) Luke Reflection Paper One: Abnormality It did not surprise me that the modern world was not to blame for the occurrence of abnormal behavior (Comer, 2013, p.7). Psychological disturbances have existed for several decades, extending as far back as the period before Christ. However, despite the existence of psychological disturbances throughout time, history has shown the lack of proper treatment for those living with disorders. Incorrect treatments such as trephination, exorcisms, and many forms of torture were once seen as the cure all for abnormal behavior (Comer, 2013), but are now viewed as horrid crimes against the psychologically ill.…
The continual revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) and the international Classification of Diseases (ICD) provides a sense of comfort for professionals and those affected, by providing more specific categories of illness and disorders as well as identifying disorders by their more dominant symptoms as opposed to creating more categories to account for the many symptoms that could be associated with a disorder or illness.…
Before we can begin to determine the advantages and disadvantages of diagnosis, we must first understand what is needed to make a diagnosis. In order to make the diagnosis, several elements are taken into consideration. The information gained from the clinical interview, any tests and the clinician’s observations of the individual are compiled together to determine whether the individual’s psychological symptoms match a known disorder (Comer, 2014). In addition, clinicians should take into consideration an individual’s culture. Focusing on whether or not the individual is an immigrant, cultural factors, and the individual’s acculturation into the dominant culture (Comer, 2014).…
Human nature and abnormal behavior are defined very differently by the several counseling theories. One could say that two of the most contradictory theories are: Psychodynamic (PD) versus Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Both of them attempt to relieve clients of emotional distress, however, the underlying reasons of why the distress occurs, and how the counselor helps the client relieve it, differs highly between the two theories. One of the first and most revolutionary theories in the history of psychology was the Psychodynamic theory. Even though it was originally funded by Freud, many of his students and followers imparted their own theories (e.g Jung, Erikson.)…
1. When defining psychological disorder we have to question what exactly do we mean by psychological disorder. I considered the definition presented in an article by Psychology Today. They say the definition was released by DSM-5 it states, “A mental disorder is a syndrome characterized by clinically significant disturbances in an individual’s cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior that reflects a dysfunction in the psychological, biological, or developmental process underlying mental functioning”. According to class notes and discussions, abnormality, according to the consensus has not definition, but there are some clear elements. I think the main focus to acquire when attempting to comprehend a psychological disorder, is to consider…
The final definition of abnormal can be found in Deviation from Ideal Mental Health. With this definition we define what is normal or ideal and anything that deviates from this is classed as abnormal. It is important to consider what is necessary to live a contended life Jahoda (1958) defined six criteria by which mental health could be measured. First was a positive view of self. This consists as having a high self esteem and strong sense of self.…