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Specialist option: Abnormality

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Specialist option: Abnormality

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Describe and distinguish concepts of abnormality, including defining and classifying abnormal behaviour and the use of diagnostic systems.
Explain the characteristics, explanations and evidence for anxiety-related disorders, including phobias and obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, using biological, cognitive and learning approaches where relevant.

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Evaluate psychological and biological explanations of abnormality using evidence, methodology, usefulness, reductionism, determinism, individual and situational factors, and cultural validity.

Describe and assess treatments and management of disorders, including biological treatments and psychological therapies such as behaviour therapies and cognitive-behavioural approaches.

Apply knowledge of abnormality to unfamiliar case material, including identifying symptoms, suggesting appropriate explanations or treatments, and justifying practical interventions or research-based recommendations.

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