PSYC 3604 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Involuntary Treatment, And One Discography, Dysphoria
31 Jan 2017
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Psyc 3604 introduction to clinical psychology & mental illness. *all content belongs to christopher motz & where cited in lecture slides* ), social worker (m. s. w. psychiatrist (m. d. ) (can prescribe meds) Somewhat typical for students who are learning about illness/disorder to feel they"re exhibiting disorder. Abnormal psychology or the study of mental disorders: Terms: mental illness, mental disease, mental disorder. Statistical rarity (unusualness): doesn"t distinguish b/w desirable & undesirable rarities. Personal discomfort: individual in their own judge but this has no standards. Combining standards: facts statistical rarity & clearly dysfunctional behaviour, values adaptation & adherence to social norms. Most societies identify same categories of behaviour as indicating mental disorder : behaviour that"s harmful to self/others w/o serving interests of self, poor reality contact (beliefs/sensory perceptions that most others don"t have, inapprop. Emotional reactions (for person"s situation: erratic behaviour behaviour that shifts unpredictably. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fifth edition (2013)
