Abnormal psychology
Abnormal Psychology
Abnormal psychology (pronounced: ab-nor-mal psy-chol-o-gy) is a branch of psychology that deals with psychopathology and abnormal behavior. The term covers a broad range of disorders, from depression to obsession-compulsion to sexual deviation and many more. Clinicians in this field are called clinical psychologists.
Etymology
The term "abnormal psychology" comes from the combination of the Latin word "abnormis" meaning "away from the norm" and the Greek word "psyche" meaning "soul" or "mind".
Related Terms
- Psychopathology: The scientific study of mental disorders, including efforts to understand their genetic, biological, psychological, and social causes; effective classification schemes (nosology); course across all stages of development; manifestations; and treatment.
- Clinical psychology: The psychological specialty that provides continuing and comprehensive mental and behavioral health care for individuals and families; consultation to agencies and communities; training, education and supervision; and research-based practice.
- Mental disorder: A mental or behavioral pattern or anomaly that causes either suffering or an impaired ability to function in ordinary life (disability), and which is not developmentally or socially normative.
- Psychological resilience: An individual's ability to successfully adapt to life tasks in the face of social disadvantage or other highly adverse conditions.
- Psychotherapy: The use of psychological methods, particularly when based on regular personal interaction, to help a person change behavior and overcome problems in desired ways.
- Psychopharmacology: The study of the use of medications in treating mental disorders.
See Also
- Psychology
- Clinical psychology
- Psychopathology
- Mental disorder
- Psychological resilience
- Psychotherapy
- Psychopharmacology
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Abnormal psychology
- Wikipedia's article - Abnormal psychology
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