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Mental Abnormality

Mental Abnormality is a clinical-psychological construct denoting a persistent deviation from typical cognitive, emotional, or behavioral functioning that significantly impairs an individual’s capacity to conform to rational norms of decision-making or volitional control, particularly as it pertains to legal or forensic assessments of diminished capacity.

447

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29.1K

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807

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341

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2017–2026

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Parents

Publications

447

Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology.

Anthropology News · 1962 · 1.6K citations

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The concept of mental disorder: On the boundary between biological facts and social values.

Jerome C. Wakefield · American Psychologist · 1992 · 1.2K citations

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Journal of Abnormal Psychology.

Howard F. Hunt, William N. Thetford · American Psychologist · 1965 · 897 citations

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The Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Journal of Mental Science · 1906 · 877 citations

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Abnormality as a positive characteristic: The development and validation of a scale measuring need for uniqueness.

C. R. Snyder, Howard L. Fromkin · Journal of Abnormal Psychology · 1977 · 773 citations

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Authors

807

  1. HJ
    H. J. Eysenck

    University of London, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 1K citations

    6

    h-index

  2. AA
    Alfred A. Baumeister

    Vanderbilt University, United States

    4 publications · 124 citations

    4

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  3. GT
    Gillian Turner

    Hunter Genetics, Australia

    3 publications · 116 citations

    3

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  4. SB
    Seymour B. Sarason

    Yale University, United States

    3 publications · 368 citations

    3

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  5. JS
    Jill S. Levenson

    Lynn University, United States

    3 publications · 279 citations

    3

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1–5 of 807

Institutions

341

  1. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    17 publications

    790 citations

  2. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    417 citations

  3. Royal Edinburgh Hospital

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    546 citations

  4. Medical Research Council

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    311 citations

  5. University of Virginia

    Charlottesville, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    177 citations

  6. Maudsley Hospital

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    186 citations

  7. University of Otago

    Dunedin, New Zealand

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    170 citations

  8. Case Western Reserve University

    Cleveland, United States

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    482 citations

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Venues

  1. PubMed

    Repository · 35 publications · 1K citations

    17

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  2. American Journal of Psychiatry

    23 publications · 767 citations

    17

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  3. The British Journal of Psychiatry

    BJP · 12 publications · 1.2K citations

    12

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  4. Behaviour Research and Therapy

    11 publications · 454 citations

    10

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  5. Archives of Disease in Childhood

    ADC · 9 publications · 768 citations

    9

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