Abnormal Psychology - Lecture 1: Introduction

What do we mean by “abnormal psychology”?
Definition of a mental illness
What isn’t a mental illness

[Mohammadreza]

Hello Mr Gordon, maybe I'm the furthest student of yours, anyway I'm gonna tell you a big thank you, I really appreciate your activity, I'm learning both psychology and English language from your lecturers, I wish you the best ❤

[niaakima]

I am very grateful to have found these lectures but I would love it if you had a microphone since the camera is quite far away from you. Thank you for your time and work that went into making these videos

[some_wingless_thing]

love this video!! i think i had a pretty good idea understanding of mental disorders and illnesses as i myself uhh.. things, and also people im around, but if you asked me id say a mental disorder is something thats causing harm or serious distress and effects the quality of life for the person or the people surrounding this. man this was recorded 4 years ago

[vmiximv]

Ty sir… it’s rubbish that this company is showing your video lectures while you are not monetized… gl though

[Notvalkgaming]

Wonderful video! Than you again for sharing. I can only imagine that for the "socially" norm societies at the time when psychology was yet to be discovered or practice that mental disorders or abnormal behaviors were more than likely viewed in a very negative/scary way. Some may have even viewed it as demonic or see someone as being Possessed due to their strange behavior. Thank goodness we have the tools and knowledge we have now to spread enlightenment to others!

[seenamoon]

Christian Louboutin heels will definitely eat your feet 🤣. I enjoyed listening. 38 minute lecture felt like great conversation.

[Sincerely_lolo]

Thank you so much for sharing these. You helped me tremendously.

[raymondcade]

This was wonderful, psychology is to big it’s like very complex we have to start from scratch but personally sin is definitely has a big part of human DNA and the biology and social psychology

[mycatisromeo]

So according the the definition of a mental disorder, everyone has a mental disorder to a varying degree in which in harms their life and mostly because the very nature of being a human and trying to function in our imperfect economic system causes disturbances in our life and behavior?

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Sounds like job security if i pursue the path of therapist :) If i have job 'security' i can finally stop feeling abnormal about having economic 'insecurity'.

[mycatisromeo]

What if, based on the research I've done, we have corruption in society and in government, and i feel like we are all proverbial slaves working for money to help someone else get rich off our backs, and 10s of millions of people (just in the U.S. alone) are suffering mentally and physically due to such exploitation, and therefore i don't want to participate in the U.S. economy, but i could see myself working in a more equitable economy in a different country....Does that mean i have a mental disorder? Then include the fact that we are at the whims of our government to throw us into war killing other people who we dont want to kill, having to sign up for the meat grinder draft when we're 18 in case we're needed in another bullshit type conflict like Vietnam. Not only have i done the research to back up the facts, but i also have a personal experience, i was personally involved in a situation where my health was destroyed, my life was in ruins, and i almost died at the hands of a small group of doctors in the medical industry, all for them to make the almighty dollar over the health and safety of another human being (me). And it happens to people ALL THE TIME in this country. How does one gain back faith in society, humanity, our economic system, and a 'normal' life due to that?

“It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” - Jiddu Krishnamurti