Abnormal psychology

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Abnormal Psychology

Psychology- Distress

- Deviance

- Dysfunctional

- Statistical infrequency

- Axis 3: Medical problems

- Axis 4: Major life stressers

- Axis 5: Global assessment

- Problems with the DSM:

- Overdiagnoses

- Thomas Scascz–mental illness is a way to repress those who are different from us

- Power of diagnostic labels

- We can confuse serious problems with normal problems

- Illusion of objectivity

- David Rosenhan–being sane in insane places

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