Abnormality

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Insanity

Insanity (sometimes, madness) is the condition of being in some way mentally out of touch with the real world or with normal human functioning, often assumed to be a result of a mental illness. A person may be said to be insane for a number of reasons. In many countries legal systems, insanity is a legal category, designating a person as either unaware of their actions, or aware of them but unable to determine whether those actions are right or wrong. A determination that someone is insane may be used against them in some countries to involuntary..

Abnormality

Abnormality is a subjectively defined characteristic, assigned to those with rare or dysfunctional conditions. Defining who is normal or abnormal is a contentious issue in abnormal psychology. There are several conventional criteria. One simple criterium is statistical infrequency. This has an obvious flaw — the extremely intelligent, honest, or happy are just as abnormal as their opposites...

Rosenhan experiment

The Rosenhan experiment was an investigation into the validity of psychiatry diagnosis conducted by David Rosenhan in 1972. It was published in the journal Science (journal) under the title On being sane in insane places. Rosenhans study consisted of two parts. The first involved the use of healthy associates or pseudopatients, who briefly simulated auditory hallucinations in an attempt to gain admission to psychiatric hospital. The second involved asking staff at a psychiatric hospital to detect non-existent fake patients. In the first case hospital..

Andrea Yates

Andrea Pia Yates (born July 2, 1964) is a woman from Houston, Texas, United States, who is currently serving a life sentence for methodically drowning her five children (ages six months to seven years) in a bathtub on June 20, 2001. She was suffering from a severe case of psychotic depression, recurring, after having had her last baby. She immediately called 9-1-1 after the murders and was arrested shortly thereafter...