PSYCHOPATOLOGY
PSYCHOPATOLOGY

Summary/Abstract: Psychopathology is a term which refers to the study of mental illness or mental distress, the manifestation of behaviors and experiences which may be indicative of mental illness or psychological impairment.The many different professions may be involved in studying mental illness or distress. Psychopathology prov ides the necessary basis and is valuable for almost any type of work which is focused on people. It ensures the academic ground of knowledge for the mental disorders and human behaviours. It is aimed at helping the undergraduates and graduates to get a basis for this topic and later to cope with their jobs in relation to people who have some psychological problems or mental illness. Ability to communicate with the people with mental illness is to recognize these people and understand them. The awareness and understanding of the people with mental health problems and human behavior are very important for effective police work.The police officers not only must be able to recognize abnormal behavior and mentally ill persons, but also must be prepared to guard, restrain, or take into custody people whose behavior suggests the presence of a mental illness. The study programme of this subject includes teaching and practical methods in a clinical setting. With many years‘ experience in our work with students of the Faculty of Security Skopje we concluded that university students are very interested in this area, they get knowledge not just of theoretical aspect, because the theoretical learning in a classroom isn't so simple for students, but also they have opportunities to communicate with different clinical populations in the PHO Psychiatric hospital ―Skopje‖. We will cite one myth and one fact about this topic: The myth is that ―People with mental health problems are violent and unpredictable‖. The Fact is: ―The vast majority of people with mental health problems are no more likely to be violent than anyone else. Most people with mental illness are not violent and only 3%-5% of violent acts can be attributed to individuals living with a serious mental illness. In fact, people with severe mental illnesses are over 10 times more likely to be victims of violent crime than the general population‖.

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