This article throws light upon the three main forms of mental disease that lead to abnormal behaviour. The forms are: 1. Psychoneuroses 2. Psychoses 3. Mental Retardation 4. Anti-Social Personalities. Form # 1. Psychoneuroses: Page (1976) holds that Psychoneuroses are relatively mild personality disorders that distress and inconvenience the patient, but do not disrupt his social adjustments and interfere with [...]
Read this article to get the important notes on Hypochondriacal Neurosis ! The struggle over masturbation and a sense of guilt leads to another form of neuroses which is called Hypochonderia. It is usually found in adolescents because of masturbation during puberty. […]
Several techniques are used by clinical psychologists to study abnormal behaviour. Some of the important techniques are given below: 1. Case History Method: This method is unavoidable in abnormal psychology. To diagnose the cause of abnormality it is the first step to the study of abnormal personality. Case history technique is urgently necessary to trace the history of the patient. [...]
