APS
2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022
Do Laypeople Have the Same Concept of Mental Disorder?
- Sum Yee Jesse Tse
University of Melbourne - Nick Haslam
University of Melbourne
Abstract
The concepts of “mental illness”, mental disorder”, “mental health issue” overlapped each other, while “psychological issue” was a significantly broader concept, encompassing more conditions. Four dimensions, namely distress and impairment, social norm, rarity, and cause, significantly predicted people’s judgement in whether a person has a mental disorder.
Psychopathology