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Asylum

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places reserved to exclusively treat people with mental disorder, usually separate from the general population.

unfortunately they did not provide much treatment and living conditions were usually poor

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maladaptive behavior

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a behavior that interferes with a person's life, including ability to care for oneself, have good relationships with others, and function well at school or at work.

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mass madness

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a dramatic emergence of madness in Europe that appeared during the last half of the middle ages.

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mental disorder 4 abnormal psychology

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a group of emotional (feelings), cognitive (thinking), or behavioral symptoms that cause distress or significant problems.

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mental hygiene

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the science of promoting mental health and thwarting mental disorder through education, early treatment, and public health measures.

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primary prevention

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a type of prevention targeting large groups of people who have not yet developed a disorder

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psychopathologists

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Professionals who study mental problems to see how disorders develop and continue and how they can be prevented or alleviated.

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public health model

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a model that focuses on promoting good health and good health practices to avert disease.

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secondary prevention

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a type of prevention that addresses emerging problems while they are still manageable and before they become resistant to intervention.

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stigma

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a characterization by others of disgrace or reproach based on an individual characteristic often associated with discrimination and social avoidance and is a major reason why people do not seek treatment for mental distress

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tertiary prevention

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a type of prevention aimed to reduce the severity, duration, and negative effects of a mental disorder after it has occurred.

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abnormal psychology

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the scientific study of troublesome feelings, thoughts, and behaviors associated with mental disorders

designed to evaluate, understand, predict, and prevent mental disorder and help those in distress

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deviance from the norm

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abnormal behavior based on its difference or deviance from the norm, which may include doing so statistically or using a bell curve

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difficulties adapting to life demands

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may occur when a behavior interferes with ones ability to function effectively

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experience of personal distress

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can spur referrals for treatment by oneself or others, such as family members

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abnormality

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a maladaptive behavior is one that interferes with a persons life, including the ability to care for oneself, have a good relationship with others, and function well at school or at work.

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natural theories

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reject supernatural forces and instead look to things that can be observed, known, or measured as potential causes of events.

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Hippocrates

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A Greek physician known as the father of modern medicine

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middle ages

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when demon possession became a prominent explanation of abnormal behavior, and treatment focused no prayer, holy objects or relics, pilgrimages,to holy places, confinement, and exorcism again

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renaissance

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when a rebirth of natural and scientific approaches to health and human behavior occurred at the end of the middle ages. Physician focused on bodily functions and medical treatments. involved special institutions knows as asylums.

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Philippe pinel

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key leader of change in asylums. He unchained patients, placed them in sunny rooms, allowed the to exercise, and required staff to treat them with kindness.

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William Tuke

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created the york retreat in england

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Benjamin Rush

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Encouraged humane treatment of people with mental disorder in the united states

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Dorothea Dix

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Credited with making the most significant changes in treating those with a mental disorder and in changing public attitudes about these conditions in america.

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Modern Approach

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includes accepting those with a mental disorder as people who need professional attention and applying scientific, biomedical, and psychological methods to understand and treat mental disorder.

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Modern Era

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Several theoretical perspectives were developed during the late 19th and 20th centuries. Including the biological, psycho- dynamic, cognitive, behavioral, sociocultural, and other theories of abnormal behavior.

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Dimensional Perspective

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involves the notion that people differ only in their degree of symptoms

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Prevention Perspective

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stems from the concept of mental hygiene, or the science of promoting mental health and thwarting mental disorder through education, early treatment, and public health measures.