PSYC 100- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 16 pages long!)
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Understanding psychopathology: psychological disorder: , phobia: situation. in functioning and a response that is not typical or culturally expected. Breakdown in cognitive, emotional, or: psychological dysfunction: behavioral functioning. (1) distinguishing between normal and abnormal is often difficult. This definition can work across cultures (i) (b) best way to identify a disease or disorder is through prototype (i) Psychiatric nurses (ma) treatment team: marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors (ma) (1) employed by hospitals or clinics, the scientist practitioner, scientist practitioners: . Helps treat them: clinical description, presenting problem: , clinical description: . Statistics on how many new cases occur during (a) prevalence: disorder. (b) incidence: (c) course: a given period. (i) (ii) (iii) (d) onset: (i) (ii) Episodic courses are likely to recover within a few months, but disorder resurfaces. Insidious onset develop gradually over an extended period.
