Abnormal Behavior and treament options for them
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Within our critical society, we judge individuals not only by their physical appearance, but also by their demonstrated behavior. We have come to adapt a set of standards or norms at which we use to determine what is and what is not normal.
Abnormal behavior is any behavior that is unaccepted socially, untypical, harmful, product of obscure thoughts, and/or the excessive expression of anxiety by the individual or the person's family and friends. There are 7 different theoretical perspectives of abnormality.
The medical-biological model focuses on the physical aspects of abnormality, which are possibly the origins of the behavior. The psychodynamic theory states that unresolved issues form ones childhood are the underlying causes of abnormal behavior. The humanistic model focuses on an individual's ability to control their lives and when that ability is put to the test, whether it is by the individual specifically or by the situation surrounding them, abnormal behavior is the ultimate result. The behavior model focuses on the behavior directly stating that stimuli in one's environment caused them to adapt a distorted personality and such, an abnormal behavior. The cognitive perspective states that we as individuals are able to decide how we behave and therefore decides to do so abnormally because of the misconception on how to deal with certain issues. The sociocultural model focuses on the influence of family, society, and the community on behavior...