Friday 22 April 2011

Individual Differences RE: Deviation from Ideal Mental Health

Deviation from Ideal Mental Health
Abnormality is defined as possessing characteristics the mentally healthy should not possess, and/or not possessing characteristics the mentally healthy should possess
*Jahoba’s Checklist for Mental Health*
-         Being able to make your own decisions
-         Being able to resist stress
-         Being able to perceive reality accurately
-         Being able to ‘self – actualise’
-         Being able to adapt to the environment
Limitations:
-         Most people do not satisfy all, many or any of the ideals.
-         Claims about ‘ideal mental health’ are value judgements
-         Different cultures have different ideals (bound by culture)
-         Even within a culture ‘healthiness’ is determined by the context in which the behaviour occurs
-         Era dependent
-         A persons stage of development

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