PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Mania
1 Oct 2016
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By using a term to characterise the symptoms of what a person has will bring recognition to it o o. If we can call something a certain disorders, informs us on how we treat a disorder. Bringing insight, can organize and give reason to the symptom you"re presented with. Bring some understanding: allows us to communicate consulate of symptoms, may allow people around you to understand what the symptoms are o o. If they know what the diagnosis is, they can seek treatment for themselves. Causation: know what a disorder is called, do research to what cause the disorder and it also directs treatment effort. Believing you have a certain disorder because you"re called that disorder, event though he disorder isn"t there o. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm-5: american psychiatric association, attaches labels to consultations o o o. The dsm-5 have some statistic evidence for some disorder.
