PSYCH 2AP3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, 5Th Canadian Infantry Brigade
4 Dec 2018
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Abnormal psychology: clinical psychology, required text: barlow et al, abnormal psychology, 5th canadian edition and handbook (optional, test 1: october 25, test 2: november 22. Therefore, aim 10 percent higher on the sample quizzes. Diagnostic uncertainty: kappa is a type of correlation and is typically lower than the correlation, kappa . 14- affective bipolar disorders, kappa. 19- generalized anxiety disorder, kappa. 70-eating disorders, kappa. 27-overall. Impairment criterion: symptoms impair social, occupational or other domains of functioning or endanger self for other people: personal distress criterion: symptoms cause significant concern for the individual. Summary: no clear line between normalcy and disorder, abnormality based on agreement of psychologists and psychiatrics, pressure to include symptoms as disorders in dsm. Recap of the models: medical model believes physical problems cause the disorder, psychodynamic model believes thoughts and behaviours cause the disorder, behavioural model believes the behaviours are the disorder and simply just have to treat the behaviours.
