PSYC 337 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Geriatrics, Forest Plot, Psychiatric Medication
30 Sep 2016
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Abnormal behaviour, things we believe that are not true- ex. In fact, that it represents 1/68 births or in the case of males, 1/42 births. That is what current statistics seem to be saying, we know that it is the fastest growing developmental disorder, there is a growth rate of at least. 10-30% a year, in the 1990s- which is a critical time. 1990- us pop. growth was 13%, and disabilities grew 16% and autism grew. Caution- data about incidence and cost: these money figures typically have a wide range, it depends where you take them from in terms of how severe. Follow the money, where there is money to treat certain illnesses, they grow in popularity. W/a kid w/problems, you will buy into many obscene ideas and non-proven ideas to do anything to help them. Many people were effected by the way people thought about a particular disorder.
