PSYCH 1XX3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Etiology, Postpartum Depression, Heritability
30 Sep 2016
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Clinicians rely on the four d(cid:8217)s when assessing and diagnosing psychological disorders: Clinicians use this and a variety of other factors to determine information regarding an individual(cid:8217)s mentality. The labelling theory suggests that the application of a deviant label to an individual can result in changes of self-perception and perception by others and a decrease in social opportunities. Labelling and stereotyping is labelled society and socialization. For example: a group of individual(cid:8217)s visited different hospitals and elicited schizophrenia symptoms. The participants in the study said that they were de-humanized and that every action they did reinforced their diagnosis. Medical student(cid:8217)s disease is a phenomenon report by medical students when they see that themselves or others have symptoms of the disease being studied. Psychological disorders are normal behaviours that have been over-exaggerated. A label describes a set of syndromes and symptoms. A symptom is any characteristic that a person. Page | 2 elicits through actions, thoughts or feelings.
