PSYCO105 Lecture Notes - Psych, Panic Attack, Schizophrenia
18 Sep 2013
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Specific pattern of causes probably exist for the different p-disorders (according to the medical model) Each category of disorder is likely to have the same prognosis. Medical model has issues with p-disorders but it is the best thing out there for describing disorders: single internal causes have a single cure suggested for them. Psychological (maladaptive learning or coping, biases, dysfunctional attitudes) Causes: hormonal imbalance (b, genetic factors (b, faulty beliefs (p, hopelessness (p, poor coping strategies (p, stress (e, loneliness (e) People are predisposed for disorder (normal until trigger by stress) According to the model, everyone has a predetermined chance for developing certain p- disorders: but the amount of stress needed to trigger it is different from one person to the next. Many p-disorder distribution (# of people getting it out of population) are similar across the world. Culture specific p-disorders are recognized by the dsm-iv0tr: ghost sickness (preoccupation with the idea of death and the deceased)
