PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Personality Disorder, Reinforcement, Empty Spaces
16 Dec 2015
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Behaviour increases risk of injury or harm to self or others. Intense negative emotional reaction that doesn"t match the situation. Diagnosing psychological disorders: one reason to diagnose a disorder is to make decisions about the treatment o. In order to treat a disorder, it helps to understand the cause of the psychological symptoms. Mental disorders are thought to be caused by biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors: classifying psychological disorders: The diagnostic and statistical manual: dsm-v (may, 2013: the most complete description of over 350 mental disorders & criteria for diagnosing each, assumes psychological disorders are no different from a physical illness. Symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis: diagnostic information is represented along 5 dimensions, or axes, that consider both the person and their life situation. The five axes" of the dsm-v: axis i: clinical symptoms. Eg: depression, schizophrenia, phobia: axis ii: developmental and personality disorders. Enduring and consistent ways of interacting with the world.
