PSYC 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Dsm-5, Psychopathology, Psychopathy

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 203
• Professor: Lenka Zdrazilova

Document Summary

Abnormal behaviour characterized as: not typical, maladaptive (interferes with person"s ability to function, distressing to the person who exhibits it or to the person"s friends and family, socially unacceptable. The terminology reflects the medical model approach to psychological disorders. Etiology refers to the apparent causation and developmental history of an illness . Prognosis is a forecast about the probably course of an illness . Rosenhan (1973: 8 pseudopatients claimed to hear voices, were admitted to psychiatric hospitals, stopped reporting symptoms. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm-5: system for diagnosing psychopathology. Goals of the dsm-5: to provide a system for diagnosing disorders based on observable behaviours, to improve the timing and reliability of diagnoses, to make diagnoses consistent with research. Also cites the prevalence of each disorder: the % of the population displaying the disorder. Class of disorders marked by feelings of excessive fear and apprehension. May be related to a particular situation/object.