ABSTRACT
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This chapter provides a necessary introduction to psychopathology and clinical psychology, and is concerned with how we identify, define and classify psychopathology and psychological disorders. The chapter is divided into three main sections covering the concept of madness (i.e. how we try to explain mental illness), definitions of abnormality, and the classification of psychological disorders. Finally, the chapter briefly discusses what it means to have good psychological health.
