Failure to function adequately (FFA)
- states of distress which interfere with day to day functioning
- distrupting daily life, this is deemed as abnormal
Evaluation;
- in most cases abnormality does cause you to not function adequately
- some who are abnormal can function adequately (psycopath)
- FFA can be linked to the economic climate eg long term unemployment
- FFA may be normal in some cases eg prisoner on a hunger strike
- FFA = culture bound
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