Psychology A-Level
brain abnormality
What brain abnormality means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of brain abnormality
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An explanation of mental illness in which an abnormality such as enlarged ventricles is found in patients, though it may follow the illness or its treatment rather than produce it.
Topics that use brain abnormality
- Section A: Issues in mental health (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- behaviourist explanation
- biochemical explanation
- defining abnormality
- drug treatment
- genetic explanation
- psychological therapies
- categorising mental disorders
- characteristics of disorders
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