The somatogenic perspective viewed the abnormal behaviors came from biological causes, while the psychogenic perspective believed that psychological factors were more dominant in the existence of abnormal behavior, (Comer 2006). Scientists began to see patters within various types of abnormal behavior, which then helped to facilitate the study of such behaviors and how they might be handled in order to treat individuals; scientists found that there were sets of symptoms which "appeared together regularly enough as having a biological cause, much as a particular medical disease may have an associated set of symptoms ad may be attributed to a biological dysfunction," (ScribD 2005). During the Twentieth Century, people began to see abnormal psychology as its own discipline, with behavioral attributes being caused by both physical abnormalities as well as deep rooted psychological issues (Comer 2006). Today abnormal behavior is treated with various psychiatric strategies along with psychotropic medication regiments. Various cases are now categorized...

2008). Like disorders can then be treated with much more structured and successful treatment strategies than seen in the past.
Today and in the near future, individuals exhibiting abnormal behaviors have a much better chance at receiving effective and reliable treatment. There are a variety of different strategies that can be applied to the wide range of psychological disorders seen within the field of abnormal psychology. As more and more scientific research is devoted towards understanding such disorders, the future of abnormal psychology seems very bright.

References

Comer, Ronald J. (2006). Abnormal Psychology. Macmillan Publishing.

Meyer, Robert G.; Chpman, L. Kevin.; & Weaver, Christopher. (2008). Cases in Abnormal Behavior. Ally & Bacon

ScribD. (2005). Abnormal Psychology. ScribD.com. Retrieved October 3, 2009 at http://www.scribd.com/full/3980388?access_key=key-1ttr6z6sc9ts1uk7rcbb