PSY 3604 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Repetitive Strain Injury, Dsm-5
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Zell kravinsky was focused on helping anyone he could including giving away all his financial assets to charity and eventually donating his right kidney without tellingnhis wife and family about it. He then became fixated on donating other organs and even his whole body to help others. However, he could not justify hurting his family by sacrificing his life. Dsm= diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. Provides specific criteria to diagnose mental disorders to ensure accuracy and consistency between clinicians. Revisions allow for new scientific developments to be taken into account. Dsm-5 wanted continuity with the dsm-4 but no constraints on how much could change were made. Many debates between work groups focused on change; eventually a balance was created. Mad, sick, head nuh good: mental illness and stigma in jamaica. Arthur and colleagues (2010) found that jamaican citizens had highly prejudicial attitudes towards the mentally ill despite social class, gender, where they lived, or level of education.
