CRM/LAW C160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Bipolar Disorder, Impulsivity, Antisocial Personality Disorder
8 Dec 2017
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Diagnostic & statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm-v) Categorizes, defines, describes all recognized mental disorders: why do we care about diagnosis, what is a (cid:498)mental disorder(cid:499) )f you have one disorder you"re most likely to see another disorder. A syndrome characterized by clinically significant disturbance in an individuals cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior that reflects a dysfunction in psychological, biological, or developmental processes underlying mental functioning. Mental disorders are usually associated with significant distress or disability in social, occupation, or other important activities (p. 20) Not just an expected or culturally sanctioned response to an event (e. g. , sadness in response to the death of a loved one) Not just deviant behavior: dsm-iv-tr: multiaxial approach. Categories & examples of mental disorders: psychotic disorders. Major symptom of these disorders is psychosis (delusions and hallucinations) Delusions fixed beliefs that are not amendable to chance in light of conflicting evidence. Example: believing that people are trying to hurt you when there is no.
