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Psychological Abnormality There have been many attempts to define psychological abnormality. One of these is the Failure to Function Adequately that defines abnormality in the sense that every human being should be able to achieve some sense of personal well-being and make some contribution to a larger social group. Any individual who fails to function adequately in this respect is seen as 'abnormal'. According to Sue et al (1994), there are two ways by which people fail to function adequately being the practical and clinical criteria. Buss (1966) and Miller & Morley (1986) suggests that a failure to function adequately occurs when personal distress or discomfit which takes the form of intense anxiety and depression, loss of appetite etc. But we cannot use personal distress criteria to define abnormality since it is normal or an appropriate response in particular circumstances. For example, depression as a response to the death of a loved...

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