PSY 368 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Inter-Rater Reliability, Psychological Resilience, World Trade Center Site

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Psychology Main
• Course: PSY 368
• Professor: Adam Lazarewicz

Document Summary

Lecture outline #3: psychopathology as a response to terrorism. What is psychopathology? psychopathology: psychological disorder of some kind psychological disorder: Pattern of thoughts, feelings, and/or behaviors that negatively impact person"s life and create distress. Subject of much early terrorism research: both on the part of targets (this section) and terrorists (later section) Dsm-5: diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fifth edition. Tool for classifying and diagnosing psychological disorders. Lists diagnostic criteria for each disorder (150+ disorders listed) Disorders organized into categories, based on shared symptoms: e. g. anxiety disorders, mood disorders, eating disorders, personality disorders, psychoses, etc. pros of dsm-5: General agreement among clinical psychologists about diagnoses (good inter-rater reliability ) Useful for health insurance, etc. cons of dsm-5: Post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd): Anxiety disorder that develops in some people after a shocking, scary, or dangerous event ( trauma )