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    Comer,Abnormal Psychology, 8e, DSM-5Update

    Models ofAbnormality

    Chapter 3

    Slides & Handouts by Karen Clay Rhines, h!D!American Public University System

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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'

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    Sorces of BiologicalAbnormalities ! Evoltion

    0his model has been #riti#i>ed andremains #ontroersial, yet it re#eies

    #onsiderable attention

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    S B

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    H Did & d E l i

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    %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

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    %sychodynamic Therapies

    Utili>e arious te#hni.ues

    @ree asso#iation

    0herapist interpretation Resistan#e

    0ranseren#e

    Dream interpretation Catharsis

    7or(in$ throu$h

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    %sychodynamic Therapies

    Contemporary trends

    Short-term psy#hodynami# therapies

    Relational psy#hoanalyti# therapy

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    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

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    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$

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    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

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    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

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    How Do BehavioristsExplain Abnormal

    &nctioning? Modelin$

    %ndiiduals learn responses by obserin$

    and repeatin$ behaior

    How Do Behaviorists

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    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

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    +lassical +onditioning

    UR

    Saliat

    eUR

    Saliate

    US

    Meat

    0one

    CS

    0one

    CR

    Saliate

    US

    MeatL

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    +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

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    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

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    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

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    -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

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    "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$

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    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

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    Existential Theories and

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    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

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    Existential Theories and

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    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

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    Assessing the Hmanistic

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    &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

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    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

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    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$

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    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

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    Mlticltral Treatments

    ?ien su#h +ndin$s, some #lini#ianshae deeloped #ulture-sensitietherapies as )ell as $ender-sensitie,or eminist, therapies

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    Assessing the

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    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

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    $ntegration of the Models

    0oday9s leadin$ models ary )idelyand none o the models has proed#onsistently superior

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    +omparing the Models

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    $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

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    $ntegration of the Models

    Some biopsy#hoso#ial theorists aora diathesis-stress approa#h

    Diathesis predisposition bio, psy#ho, orso#ial6

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    $ntegration of the Models

    %nte$ratie therapists are oten #alled

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    Today*s +linical%sychologists

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    $ntegration of the Models

    %nte$ratie therapists are oten #alled