Abnormal Behavior

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I need to find information on why people act abnormally. Is there anything you can tell me, or lead me in the direction?

-- Mychelle Buchanan (mychelle.buchanan@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu), July 01, 2004

Answers

Find a textbook on Psychopathology, which is the term now generally used to replace "abnormal psychology." The answers are very complex, as there are a great many different disorders, each of which involves different symptoms (forms of abnormal behavior) and causes. These are summarized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association.

-- Hendrika Vande Kemp (hendrika@cox.net), July 02, 2004.

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