unit 6.1: Classifying Psychological disorder

Pathology

Scientific cause and effect of an illness

Maladaptive

Harmful behavior (either for yourself or others)

Unjustified

Harmless behavior but irrational

Disturbing

Behavior that cause concern for others well-being

Atypical

Behavior that is opposite to the social norm and expectation

Diathesis-Stress Response

The psychological illness caused by a combination of genetic predisposition and environmental stressor factors that trigger problematic response, behavior

Protective factor

useful application to reduce the external anxiety

Biomedical

Treat the biological component that responsible for the problematic behavior of the mental illness

The 4 humors

Blood

Yellow bile

Black bile

Phlegm

=> Ancient Greek believes that these 4 humors of which the increase, decrease lead to change the change in temperament, imbalance and sickness

The Rosenhan study

The study suggests that treatment and therapy should be focused on the problematic behaviors and maladaptive thoughts , not just only used for labeling them