What is Abnormal psychology?
{{Very long|date=November 2024}}{{Complex|date=November 2024}} '''Abnormal psychology '''is a part of [[psychology]] which studies the [[Mind|minds]] of people who have a [[Mental illness|mental disorder]]. Abnormal behaviour is when someone is not able to change how they behave to fit different settings.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} This is often also used to define some mental disorders. When someone cannot change their behaviour to fit the people and situations around them when they need to, it can cause [[Distress (medicine)|distress]] and [[suffering]]. Their behaviour could be unreasonable or hard to understand. Their behaviour can even be [[danger]]ous.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/psychology0000hews|title=Psychology|last=Hewstone, Miles; Fincham, Frank D. & Foster, Jonathan 2005|date=6 June 2005|publisher=BPS Blackwell|isbn=978-0631206781|page=[https://archive.org/details/psychology0000hews/page/316 316]}}</ref> Not everyone with a mental disorder struggles to adjust to their surroundings. ==History== ===Supernatural traditions=== A [[supernatural]] belief is a belief in a force that is beyond scientific understanding. There are a lot of cultures that believe in supernatural events. These cultures include [[Religion|religious]] cultures, as well as the [[Ancient China|Ancient Chinese]], [[Ancient Egypt]]ians, [[Hebrews]], and [[Ancient Greeks]]. These cultures have writings that say [[demon]]s or [[Deity|Gods]] that would take over a person and act through those people. This was called [[Demonic possession|possession]]. In the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]], [[exorcism]]s were done to make these [[Demon|demons]] leave the body of the individuals they possessed. Exorcism involved [[prayer]], noises and [[potion]]s.<ref name=butcher>{{cite book |last=Butcher, James N; Hooley, Jill M. & Mineka, Susan M. 2010 |title=Abnormal Psychology, 16th edition |url=https://archive.org/details/abnormalpsycholo0000butc |year=2014 |publisher=Pearson |isbn=978-0205944286}}</ref><sup