... together, and deals with statistics, making the results broad and inconclusive. There is also the problem of desirability in some of the factors, where something that could possibly be seen as abnormal, is admired, and so people don't look upon is as abnormal because they aspire to it. The second definition, Deviation From Social Norms, explains that society sets up its own moral standards, and rules for behaviour, and people should abide by these, and if they don't, then they become regarded as 'deviant' or abnormal. Yet different societies have different standards, and different expectations to what they regard as normal, and so this definition fails when trying to sum up abnormality as a whole. The Deviation From Ideal Mental Health definition looked at the idea of mental health in oppose to mental illness, and put forward six main points, suggesting that if these were deviated from, that that person would then ...

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