SOC 445 Chapter Notes - Chapter Reading #9 pt 2/2 : Combat Stress Reaction, Mental Disorder, Dysphoria

• School: U of M
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 445
• Professor: Professor PJ McGann

Document Summary

W. scott - ptsd in dsm-iii: a case in the politics of diagnosis and disease. The characteristic symptoms involve reexperiencing the traumatic event; Numbing of responsiveness to, or reduced involvement with, the external world; And a variety of autonomic, dysphoric, or cognitive symptoms . War neurosis in dsm-i and dsm-ii: 1952 - apa published the first edition of the dsm, gross stress reaction for soldiers who served in. Wwii; defined as a temporary condition produced by extreme environmental stress that should disappear after the individual left the stressful situation: 1968 - dsm-ii; gross stress reaction was dropped, with no specific replacement or update. Rape, assault, military combat, natural disasters, man-made disasters, physical injury, crashes, deliberate disasters. Establishes what it is possible to suffer in the way of problems psychiatrists recognize and treat. We now know that abnormal behavior is a. Normal to the horrors of war to soldiers. Nomenclature - the choosing of names for things.