7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
1/68
Comer,Abnormal Psychology, 8e, DSM-5Update
Models ofAbnormality
Chapter 3
Slides & Handouts by Karen Clay Rhines, h!D!American Public University System
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
2/68
2Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
Models of Abnormality
%n s#ien#e, the perspe#ties used toe'plain eents are (no)n as models orparadi$ms
*a#h model spells out basi# assumptions,$ies order to the +eld under study, and sets$uidelines or inesti$ation
Models inuen#e )hat inesti$ators obsere,the .uestions they as(, the inormation theysee(, and ho) they interpret this inormation
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
3/68
3Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
Models of Abnormality
Until re#ently, #lini#al s#ientists o a $ienpla#e and time tended to a$ree on a sin$lemodel o abnormality / a model $reatly
inuen#ed by the belies o their #ulture
0oday seeral models are used to e'plainand treat abnormal un#tionin$
Sometimes in #oni#t, ea#h model o#uses onone aspe#t o human un#tionin$ and no sin$lemodel #an e'plain all aspe#ts o abnormality
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
4/68
4Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
The Biological Model
"dopts a medi#al perspe#tie
Main o#us is that psy#holo$i#al
abnormality is an illness brou$htabout by malun#tionin$ parts o theor$anism
0ypi#ally point to problems in brainanatomy or brain #hemistry
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
5/68
5Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
How Do Biological TheoristsExplain Abnormal Behavior?
1rain anatomy
0he brain is #omposed o 244 billion
nere #ells #alled neurons6 andthousands o billions o support #ells#alled $lia6
7ithin the brain, lar$e $roups oneurons orm distin#t areas #alled brainre$ions
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
6/68
6Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
How Do Biological TheoristsExplain Abnormal Behavior?
1rain anatomy and abnormal behaior
Clini#al resear#hers hae dis#oered
#onne#tions bet)een #ertainpsy#holo$i#al disorders and problems inspe#i+# brain areas
*'ample Huntin$ton9s disease and basal
$an$lia and #orte'
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
7/68
7Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
How Do Biological TheoristsExplain Abnormal Behavior?
1rain #hemistry
%normation is #ommuni#ated
throu$hout the brain in the orm oele#tri#al impulses that trael rom oneneuron to one or more others
"n impulse is +rst re#eied by aneuron9s dendrites, traels do)n thea'on, and is transmitted throu$h thenere endin$s to other neurons
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
8/68
8Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
9/68
9Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
How Do Biological TheoristsExplain Abnormal Behavior?
1rain #hemistry
:eurons do not a#tually tou#h ea#h other;they are separated by a spa#e the synapse6,
a#ross )hi#h a messa$e moes 7hen an ele#tri#al impulse rea#hes a nere
endin$, the endin$ is stimulated to release a#hemi#al, #alled a neurotransmitter :06, that
traels a#ross the synapti# spa#e to re#eptorson the dendrites o nei$hborin$ neurons
Some :0s tell re#eiin$ neurons to
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
10/68
10Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,DSM-5 Update
How Do Biological TheoristsExplain Abnormal Behavior?
1rain #hemistry and abnormal behaior
Resear#hers hae identi+ed do>ens o
:0s *'amples serotonin, dopamine, and ?"1"
Studies indi#ate that abnormal a#tiity in#ertain :0s #an lead to spe#i+# mentaldisorders
@or e'ample depression has been lin(ed tolo) a#tiity o serotonin and norepinephrine
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
11/68
11Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,DSM-5 Update
How Do Biological TheoristsExplain Abnormal Behavior?
1rain #hemistry and abnormal behaior
"dditionally, resear#hers hae learned thatmental disorders are sometimes related to
abnormal #hemi#al a#tiity in the endo#rinesystem
*ndo#rine $lands release hormones )hi#hpropel body or$ans into a#tion
"bnormal se#retions hae been lin(ed topsy#holo$i#al disorders
*'ample Cortisol release is related to an'ietyand mood disorders
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
12/68
Sorces of BiologicalAbnormalities ! "enetics
"bnormalities in brain anatomy or #hemistryare sometimes the result o $eneti#inheritan#e
*a#h #ell in the human body #ontains A3 pairs o#hromosomes, ea#h )ith numerous $enes that#ontrol the #hara#teristi#s and traits a personinherits
Studies su$$est that inheritan#e plays a part inmood disorders, s#hi>ophrenia, and other mentaldisorders
"ppears that in most #ases seeral $enes #ombine toprodu#e our a#tions and rea#tions
12Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,DSM-5 Update
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
13/68
Sorces of BiologicalAbnormalities ! "enetics
?enes that #ontribute to mentaldisorders are ie)ed as unortunate
o##urren#es May be mutations
May be inherited ater a mutation in the
amily line May be the result o normal eolutionary
prin#iples
13Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,DSM-5 Update
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
14/68
Sorces of BiologicalAbnormalities ! Evoltion
*olutionary theorists ar$ue that humanrea#tions and the $enes responsible orthem hae suried oer the #ourse otime be#ause they hae helpedindiiduals thrie and adapt
*'ample 0he ear response
%n today9s )orld, ho)eer, those $enesand rea#tions may not be so adapatie
14Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,DSM-5 Update
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
15/68
Sorces of BiologicalAbnormalities ! Evoltion
0his model has been #riti#i>ed andremains #ontroersial, yet it re#eies
#onsiderable attention
15Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,DSM-5 Update
S B
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
16/68
Sorces o B o og caAbnormalities ! #iral
$nfections "nother possible sour#e o abnormal brain
stru#ture or bio#hemi#al dysun#tion isiral ine#tions
*'ample S#hi>ophrenia and prenatal irale'posure
%nterest in iral e'planations o
psy#holo$i#al disorders has been $ro)in$in the past de#ade
*'ample "n'iety and mood disorders
16Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,DSM-5 Update
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
17/68
17Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,DSM-5 Update
Biological Treatments
1iolo$i#al pra#titioners attempt topinpoint the physi#al sour#e odysun#tion to determine the #ourseo treatment
0hree types o biolo$i#al treatment
Dru$ therapy
*le#tro#onulsie therapy *C06
sy#hosur$ery
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
18/68
18Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,DSM-5 Update
Biological Treatments
Dru$ therapy
B54s adent o psy#hotropi# medi#ations
?reatly #han$ed the outloo( or a number o mentaldisorders
@our maor dru$ $roups
"ntian'iety dru$s an'iolyti#s; minor tran.uili>ers6
"ntidepressant dru$s "ntibipolar dru$s mood stabili>ers6
"ntipsy#hoti# dru$s
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
19/68
19Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,DSM-5 Update
Biological Treatments
*le#tro#onulsie therapy *C06
Used primarily or depression,
parti#ularly )hen dru$s and othertherapies hae ailed
0his treatment is used on tens o thousandso depressed persons annually
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
20/68
20Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,DSM-5 Update
Biological Treatments
sy#hosur$ery or neurosur$ery6
Histori#al roots in trephination
B34s +rst lobotomy
Mu#h more pre#ise today than in thepast
Considered e'perimental and used onlyin e'treme #ases
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
21/68
21Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,DSM-5 Update
Assessing theBiological Model
7ea(nesses
Can limit, rather thanenhan#e, our
understandin$
0oo simplisti#
0reatments produ#e
si$ni+#ant undesirablene$atie6 eEe#ts
Stren$ths
*noys #onsiderablerespe#t in the +eld
Constantlyprodu#es aluablene) inormation
0reatments brin$$reat relie
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
22/68
22Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,DSM-5 Update
The %sychodynamic Model
Fldest and most amous psy#holo$i#al model
1ased on belie that a person9s behaior )hethernormal or abnormal6 is determined lar$ely by
underlyin$ dynami# - that is, intera#tin$ -psy#holo$i#al or#es o )hi#h she or he is not#ons#iously a)are
"bnormal symptoms are the result o #oni#t amon$these or#es
@ather o psy#hodynami# theory andpsy#hoanalyti# therapy
Si$mund @reud 85G/B3B6
H Did & d E l i
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
23/68
23Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,DSM-5 Update
How Did &red Explain'ormal and Abnormal
&nctioning?
Shaped by three unconsciousor#es
! %d / $uided by the Pleasure Principle
%nstin#tual needs, dries, and impulses
Se'ual; ueled by libido se'ual ener$y6
A! *$o / $uided by the Reality Principle
See(s $rati+#ation, but $uides us to (no) )hen )e
#an and #annot e'press our )ishes *$o deense me#hanisms prote#t us rom an'iety
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
24/68
24Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,DSM-5 Update
H Did & d E l i
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
25/68
25Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,DSM-5 Update
How Did &red Explain'ormal and Abnormal
&nctioning?
Caused by three U:CF:SC%FUS or#es
3! Supere$o / $uided by the Morality Principle
Cons#ien#e; un#ons#iously adopted rom our parents
0hese three parts o the personality are otenin some de$ree o #oni#t
" healthy personality is one in )hi#h an eEe#tie)or(in$ relationship e'ists amon$ the three
or#es % the id, e$o, and supere$o are in e'#essie
#oni#t, the person9s behaior may sho) si$ns odysun#tion
H Did & d E l i
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
26/68
26Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,DSM-5 Update
How Did &red Explain'ormal and Abnormal
&nctioning?
Deelopmental sta$es
@reud proposed that at ea#h sta$e odeelopment ne) eents and pressures re.uire
adustment in the id, e$o, and supere$o % su##essul personal $ro)th
% unsu##essul +'ation at an early deelopmentalsta$e, leadin$ to psy#holo$i#al abnormality
1e#ause parents are the (ey +$ures in early lie, theyare oten seen as the #ause o improper deelopment
H Did & d E l i
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
27/68
27Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,DSM-5 Update
How Did &red Explain'ormal and Abnormal
&nctioning?
Deelopmental sta$es
Fral 4 to 8 months o a$e6
"nal 8 months to 3 years o a$e6
halli# 3 to 5 years o a$e6
Iaten#y 5 to A years o a$e6
?enital A years o a$e to adulthood6
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
28/68
28Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,DSM-5 Update
How Do (ther %sychodynamicExplanations Di)er from &red*s?
"lthou$h ne) theories depart rom @reud9sideas in important )ays, ea#h retains thebelie that human un#tionin$ is shaped bydynami# intera#tin$6 or#es *$o theorists
*mphasi>e the role o the e$o; #onsider it independentand po)erul
Sel theorists
*mphasi>e the uni+ed personality Fbe#t-relations theorists
*mphasi>e the human need or relationships, espe#iallybet)een #hildren and #are$iers
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
29/68
29Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,DSM-5 Update
%sychodynamic Therapies
Ran$e rom @reudian psy#hoanalysisto modern therapies
"ll see( to un#oer past trauma andinner #oni#ts
0herapist a#ts as a
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
30/68
30Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,DSM-5 Update
%sychodynamic Therapies
Utili>e arious te#hni.ues
@ree asso#iation
0herapist interpretation Resistan#e
0ranseren#e
Dream interpretation Catharsis
7or(in$ throu$h
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
31/68
31Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,DSM-5 Update
%sychodynamic Therapies
Contemporary trends
Short-term psy#hodynami# therapies
Relational psy#hoanalyti# therapy
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
32/68
32Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,DSM-5 Update
Assessing the%sychodynamic Model
Stren$ths @irst to re#o$ni>e
importan#e opsy#holo$i#al theories
and treatment Sa) abnormal
un#tionin$ as rooted inthe same pro#esses asnormal un#tionin$
@irst to apply theory andte#hni.uessystemati#ally totreatment / monumentalimpa#t on the +eld
7ea(nesses
Unsupported ideas;diJ#ult to resear#h
:on-obserable
%na##essible tohuman sube#tun#ons#ious6
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
33/68
33Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,DSM-5 Update
The Behavioral Model
Ii(e psy#hodynami# theorists,behaioral theorists beliee that oura#tions are determined lar$ely by oure'perien#es in lie
Con#entrates )holly on behaiorsand enironmental a#tors
1ases e'planations and treatmentson prin#iples o learnin$
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
34/68
34Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,DSM-5 Update
The Behavioral Model
0he model be$an in laboratories )here#onditionin$ studies )ere #ondu#ted
Seeral orms o #onditionin$ Fperant #onditionin$
Modelin$
Classi#al #onditionin$
"ll may produ#e normal or abnormalbehaior
How Do Behaviorists
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
35/68
35Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,DSM-5 Update
How Do BehavioristsExplain Abnormal
&nctioning? Fperant #onditionin$
Humans and animals learn to behae in
#ertain )ays as a result o re#eiin$rewards)heneer they do so
How Do Behaviorists
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
36/68
36Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,DSM-5 Update
How Do BehavioristsExplain Abnormal
&nctioning? Modelin$
%ndiiduals learn responses by obserin$
and repeatin$ behaior
How Do Behaviorists
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
37/68
37Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,DSM-5 Update
How Do BehavioristsExplain Abnormal
&nctioning? Classi#al #onditionin$
Iearnin$ by temporal asso#iation
7hen t)o eents repeatedly o##ur #lose to$ether in
time, they be#ome used in a person9s mind; beorelon$, the person responds in the same )ay to botheents
@ather o #lassi#al #onditionin$ %an alo8B / B3G6
Classi# study usin$ do$s and meat po)der
*'plains many amiliar behaiors both normaland abnormal6
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
38/68
38Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,DSM-5 Update
+lassical +onditioning
UR
Saliat
eUR
Saliate
US
Meat
0one
CS
0one
CR
Saliate
US
MeatL
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
39/68
39Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,DSM-5 Update
Behavioral Therapies
"im to identiy the behaiors that are#ausin$ problems and repla#e them)ith more appropriate ones
May use #lassi#al #onditionin$, operant#onditionin$, or modelin$
0herapist is
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
40/68
40Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,DSM-5 Update
Behavioral Therapies
Classi#al #onditionin$ treatmentsmay be used to #han$e abnormalrea#tions to parti#ular stimuli
*'ample systemati# desensiti>ation orphobia
Step-by-step pro#edure
Iearn rela'ation s(ills Constru#t a ear hierar#hy
Conront eared situations
A i th B h i l
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
41/68
41Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
Assessing the BehavioralModel
Stren$ths
o)erul or#e inthe +eld
Can be tested inthe laboratory
Si$ni+#antresear#h support
or behaioraltherapies
7ea(nesses :o eiden#e that
symptoms areordinarily a#.uiredthrou$h #onditionin$
1ehaior therapy islimited
0oo simplisti#
:e) o#us onsel-eJ#a#y, so#ial#o$nition, and#o$nitie-behaioraltheories
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
42/68
42Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
The +ognitive Model
0his model proposes that )e #an bestunderstand abnormal un#tionin$ byloo(in$ at #o$nitie pro#esses / the #enter
o behaiors, thou$hts, and emotions "r$ues that #lini#ians must as( .uestions
about assumptions, attitudes, and
thou$hts o a #lient
How Do +ognitive Theorists
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
43/68
43Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
How Do +ognitive TheoristsExplain Abnormal
&nctioning? "bnormal un#tionin$ #an result rom
seeral (inds o #o$nitie problems
@aulty assumptions and attitudes %llo$i#al thin(in$ pro#esses
*'ample oer$enerali>ation
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
44/68
44Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
+ognitive Therapies
eople #an oer#ome their problems bydeelopin$ ne) )ays o thin(in$
Main model 1e#(9s Co$nitie 0herapy
0he $oal o therapy is to help #lients re#o$ni>eand restru#ture their thin(in$
0herapists also $uide #lients to #hallen$e their
dysun#tional thou$hts, try out ne) interpretations,and apply ne) )ays o thin(in$ in their daily lies
7idely used in treatin$ depression
A i th
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
45/68
45Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
Assessing the+ognitive Model
Stren$ths
ery broad appeal
Clini#ally useul and
eEe#tie @o#uses on a uni.uely
human pro#ess
0heories lend
themseles to resear#h 0herapies eEe#tie in
treatin$ seeraldisorders
7ea(nesses re#ise role o #o$nition in
abnormality has yet to bedetermined
0herapies do not helpeeryone
Some #han$es may notbe possible to a#hiee
%n response, a ne) )ae otherapies has emer$ed,in#ludin$ "##eptan#e andCommitment 0herapy andmindulness-basedte#hni.ues
Th H i ti E i t ti l
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
46/68
46Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
The Hmanistic,ExistentialModel
Combination model
0he humanist ie)
*mphasis on people as riendly, #ooperatie,and #onstru#tie; o#us on drie to sel-a#tuali>e throu$h honest re#o$nition ostren$ths and )ea(nesses
0he e'istentialist ie) *mphasis on sel-determination, #hoi#e, and
indiidual responsibility; o#us on authenti#ity
- * H i ti
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
47/68
47Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
-ogers* HmanisticTheory and Therapy
1eliees in the basi# human need or unconditionalpositive regard
% re#eied, leads to un#onditional sel-re$ard
% not, leads to ation be#ause o distortion / do not(no) )hat they really need, et#!
Ro$ers9
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
48/68
"estalt Theory and Therapy
Humanisti# approa#h
Deeloped by @rit> erls
?oal is to $uide #lients to)ard sel-re#o$nition throu$h #hallen$e and rustration
0e#hni.ues
S(illul rustration
Role playin$ Rules, in#ludin$
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
49/68
Spirital #iews and$nterventions
@or most o the t)entieth #entury, #lini#als#ientists ie)ed reli$ion as a ne$atieNorat best neutralNa#tor in mental health
0his histori#al alienation bet)een the#lini#al +eld and reli$ion seems to beendin$
Resear#hers hae learned that spirituality#an, in a#t, be o psy#holo$i#al bene+t topeople
49Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
Existential Theories and
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
50/68
Existential Theories andTherapy
1elie that psy#holo$i#al dysun#tion is#aused by sel-de#eption; people hide romlie9s responsibilities and ail to re#o$ni>e
that it is up to them to $ie meanin$ to theirlies
%n therapy, people are en#oura$ed to a##eptpersonal responsibility or their problems
?oals more important than te#hni.ue ?reat emphasis pla#ed on #lient-therapist
relationship
50Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
Existential Theories and
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
51/68
Existential Theories andTherapy
*'istential therapists do not belieethat e'perimental methods #anade.uately test the eEe#tieness otheir treatments; as a result, little#ontrolled resear#h has been#ondu#ted
51Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
Assessing the Hmanistic
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
52/68
52Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
Assessing the Hmanistic,Existential Model
Stren$ths
0aps into domainsmissin$ rom other
theories *mphasi>es the
indiidual
Fptimisti#
*mphasi>es health
7ea(nesses
@o#uses on abstra#tissues
DiJ#ult to resear#h
7ea(ened bydisapproal os#ienti+# approa#h
Chan$in$ some)hat
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
53/68
53Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
The Sociocltral Models
"r$ue that abnormal behaior is bestunderstood in li$ht o the so#ial and#ultural or#es that inuen#e an
indiidual "ddress norms and roles in so#iety
Comprised o t)o maor perspe#ties
@amily-So#ial perspe#tie
Multi#ultural perspe#tie
How Do &amily,Social
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
54/68
54Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
How Do &amily SocialTheorists Explain Abnormal
&nctioning? roponents o this model ar$ue that
theorists should #on#entrate onor#es that operate dire#tly on anindiidual, in#ludin$
So#ial labels and roles
Dia$nosti# labels e'ample Rosenhan study6
So#ial #onne#tions and supports
How Do &amily,Social
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
55/68
55Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
How Do &amily SocialTheorists Explain Abnormal
&nctioning? @o#us on
@amily stru#ture and #ommuni#ation
@amily systems theory ar$ues that abnormalun#tionin$ )ithin a amily leads toabnormal behaior insane behaiorbe#omes sane in an insane enironment6
*'amples enmeshed, disen$a$ed stru#tures
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
56/68
56Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
&amily,Social Treatments
0his perspe#tie has helped spur the$ro)th o seeral treatmentapproa#hes, in#ludin$
?roup therapy
@amily therapy
Couple therapy
Community treatment
%n#ludes preention )or(
How Do Mlticltral Theorists
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
57/68
57Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
How Do Mlticltral TheoristsExplain Abnormal &nctioning?
Culture reers to the set o alues, attitudes,belies, history, and behaiors shared by a$roup o people and #ommuni#ated rom one$eneration to the ne't
0he multi#ultural, or #ulturally dierse,perspe#tie has emer$ed as a $ro)in$ +eld ostudy
Multi#ultural psy#holo$ists see( to understand
ho) #ulture, ra#e, ethni#ity, $ender, and similara#tors aEe#t behaior and thou$ht, as )ell asho) people o diEerent #ultures, ra#es, and$enders diEer psy#holo$i#ally
How Do Mlticltral Theorists
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
58/68
58Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
How Do Mlticltral TheoristsExplain Abnormal &nctioning?
0he model holds that an indiidual9sbehaior is best understood )hen e'aminedin the li$ht o that indiidual9s uni.ue
#ultural #onte't 0hey also hae noti#ed that the preudi#e
and dis#rimination a#ed by many minority$roups may #ontribute to #ertain orms o
abnormal un#tionin$
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
59/68
Mlticltral Treatments
Studies hae ound that members oethni# and ra#ial minority $roups tend tosho) less improement in #lini#al
treatment than members o maority$roups
0)o eatures o treatment #an in#rease atherapist9s eEe#tieness )ith minority #lients
?reater sensitiity to #ultural issues %n#lusion o #ultural models in treatment, espe#ially
in therapies or #hildren and adoles#ents
59Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
60/68
Mlticltral Treatments
?ien su#h +ndin$s, some #lini#ianshae deeloped #ulture-sensitietherapies as )ell as $ender-sensitie,or eminist, therapies
60
Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
Assessing the
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
61/68
61
Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
Assessing theSociocltral Models
Stren$ths
"dded $reatly to the#lini#al understandin$
and treatment oabnormality
%n#reased a)arenesso #lini#al and so#ialroles
Clini#ally su##essul)hen othertreatments hae ailed
7ea(nesses
Resear#h is diJ#ult tointerpret
Correlation #ausation
Model unable topredi#t abnormality in
spe#i+# indiiduals
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
62/68
$ntegration of the Models
0oday9s leadin$ models ary )idelyand none o the models has proed#onsistently superior
62
Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
63/68
+omparing the Models
63
Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
64/68
$ntegration of the Models
" $ro)in$ number o #lini#ians aore'planations o abnormal behaior that#onsider more than one #ause at a time
0hese are sometimes #alledbiopsy#hoso#ial theories
"bnormality results rom the intera#tion o
$eneti#, biolo$i#al, deelopmental, emotional,behaioral, #o$nitie, so#ial, and so#ietalinuen#es
64
Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
65/68
$ntegration of the Models
Some biopsy#hoso#ial theorists aora diathesis-stress approa#h
Diathesis predisposition bio, psy#ho, orso#ial6
65
Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
66/68
$ntegration of the Models
%nte$ratie therapists are oten #alled
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
67/68
Today*s +linical%sychologists
67
Comer, "bnormal sy#holo$y, 8e,
DSM-5 Update
7/26/2019 AP8_Lecture_3 (1)
68/68
$ntegration of the Models
%nte$ratie therapists are oten #alled