PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Bulimia Nervosa, Medicalization, Schizophrenia
3 Dec 2014
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Overview: defining disorders, what is psychological disorder? (disease vs. distress, disorder classifications, how prevalent are they, mood, dissociative/personality/eating disorders. Psychological disorders: thoughts/feelings/actions are deviant, distressful and dysfunctional patterns, can be defined by culture and context varying judgments on what constitutes a psychological disorder, can change over time what is considered a psychological disorder can change over time, distress and dysfunction: severe enough to interfere with daily life e. g. deviance: differing from the norm culturally/historically defined e. g, distress and dysfunction: severe enough to interfere with daily life e. g. deviance: differing from the norm culturally/historically defined e. g. depression medicalization. Differing perspectives/approaches: medical model: psychological disorder is thought of in same way as a biological disease/process, psychological model: disorders are psychological processes (e. g. trauma, cognitions, defenses) not reducible to the body/brain, sociological model: disorders are social roles associated with being ill or illness labels (e. g. being labeled mentally ill), social/cultural norms.
