PSYC 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Dissociative Disorder
20 Apr 2016
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The medical model proposes that it is useful to think of abnormal behaviour as a disease. Thomas szasz and others argue against this model, contending that psychological problems are problems in living, rather than psychological problems. In determining whether a behaviour is abnormal, clinicians rely on the following criteria: All three criteria do not have to be met for a person to be diagnosed with a psychological disorder; for that reason, diagnoses involve value judgements. Antonyms such as normal vs. abnormal imply that people can be divided into two distinct groups, when in reality it is hard to know when to draw the line (creating a continuum). Epidemiology is the study of the distribution of mental or physical disorders in the population (pi charts and shit). Prevalence refers to the percentage of a population that exhibits a disorder during a specified time period.
