ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 4 ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 1 Abnormal Psychology

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Abnormal Psychology
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ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 2
INTRODUCTION
The human body is comprised of many systems that through their collaboration ensure a
human body is able to function properly and the most important part of these is the mind. Every
activity that takes place in the body of a human being gets orders from the mind as it serves as
the computing machine of the body. Therefore, if something goes wrong with the mind of an
individual then it means the entire body will malfunction. Psychology is simply the scientific
study of the human mind and behavior and the ways, which our minds work. Therefore, I will
look at abnormal psychology, which is an unusual pattern in the behavior of human beings
Abnormal psychology dates back since the beginning of times where such behaviors were
explained from the supernatural traditional point of view. Several explanations and reasons were
put forward to explain any abnormal behavior detected in members of the society. For instance,
the most common explanation to why some people would exhibit abnormalities in their
behaviors was that they were obsessed with evil spirits, which controlled them. Our religious
societies also believe that abnormal behaviors are associated with spirits; therefore, they practice
what is called exorcism to get rid of the spirits (Randall et.al 2016).
MINDFULNESS-BASED COGNITIVE THERAPY
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) was initially created in the psychotherapy
In my own understanding, this functions as a relapse prevention technique for depression for
people with abnormal psychology. This therapy technique is different from other mindfulness
therapy procedures where MBCT is specifically meant for individuals who have psychological
problems majorly depression.
Through my own research, it is quite clear that MBCT has been known to use a technique
called cognitive behavioral therapy to help patients with depression be able to deal with their
condition. Cognitive behavioral therapy includes activities such as creating an awareness to
patients and educating them on depression and its effects and encouraging friends and family to
those affected to be supportive of them (Hofmann n.d).
Doing my own research further, I came to ralize that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
operates on a certain theory that a patient who has developed depression usually go back to
automatic cognitive processes that normally trigger depression in that person and that is why this