PSYO 2220 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Therapeutic Relationship, Moral Treatment, Oral Stage
14 Jan 2016
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Psychological disorder: a psychological dysfunction within an individual that is associated with distress or impairment in functioning and a response that is not typical or culturally expected. No one criterion has yet been developed that fully defines abnormality. Psychological dysfunction: a breakdown in cognitive, emotional or. Defining psychological disorder by distress alone doesn"t work, although the concept of distress contributes to a good definition. Most psychological disorders are simply extreme expressions of otherwise normal emotions, behaviours, and cognitive processes. Its difficult to define normal and abnormal. The best we can do is consider how the apparent disease or disorder matches a typical profile of a disorder: e. g. , major depressive disorder or schizophrenia. When most or all symptoms that experts agree are part of the disorder are present. Prototype: when most or all symptoms that experts agree are part of the disorder are present. Psychopathology: the scientific study of psychological disorders.
