PSYC 241 Lecture : January 14th Lecture
20 Jan 2013
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Can use dsm-iv-tr or dsm-iv for project stats are the only difference. 19th century medicine had great success with physical illness. Success in medicine preceded by development of a classification system. Advances in other sciences associated with development of classification systems. Reasonable to assume psychopathology would benefit from it too. Psychopathologists don"t necessarily focus on treatment, just study the disorder and its classification, etiology. In the early 1800s, there were only three types of mental disorders: idiot (~3 years), moron (~8-12 years), and lunatic (insane person whose insanity was believed to be influenced by the lunar cycle). Icd international statistical classification of diseases, injuries, and causes of death. Only classifies, doesn"t include diagnostic criteria (symptoms: classification system. Lists all conditions, only small section for mental disorders. 4th edition, tr, created by american psychiatric association. Different from icd in that it only focuses on mental disorders both diagnostic (tells you symptoms) and classification (categorizes) system.
