After reading this article you will learn about the Cognitive Behavioural Therapies (CBT) for the treatment of abnormal behaviour. Cognitive behavioural therapies (CBT) emerged in the early 1960s by Ellis (1962). But the first major texts on cognitive behaviour modification appeared only in the, 1970s. The pioneers in this area are Hollon and Kendall (1978), […]
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Essay on the Classification of Abnormal Behaviour
Read this article to learn about how Abnormal Behaviour has been classified: In the common population there are a small group of people which constitute about 10 per cent of the general people that deviate from the normal in a pathological direction. Such people are emotionally unstable, have disorganised personality, various defects in character and […]
Concepts of Abnormality: Notes on the Concepts of Abnormality
Read this article to learn about the various concepts of abnormality! Concepts of Abnormality: While distinguishing between normality and abnormality many concepts of abnormality have developed some of which are unacceptable. Qualitative concept: According to the qualitative concept, normality and abnormality differ in quality and not in quantity. These two concepts are separated from each […]