PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Anneke Olthof

Document Summary

A lot of grey area between what is normal and abnormal. When discussing psychological disorders, keep in mind: No single definition agreed upon by everyone. Most definitions refer to the three d"s: distress, danger others match the situation, dysfunction functioning. Behaviour increases risk of injury or harm to self or. One reason to diagnose a disorder is to make decisions about the treatment: in order to treat the disorder, it helps to understand the cause of the psychological symptoms. Classifying psychological disorders: the diagnostic and statistical manual: dsm-v (may. 2013) the most complete description of over 350 mental disorders and 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 5 axes of the dsm-v: : developmental and personality disorders childhood (autism, intellectual disability) of interacting with the world (paranoid, antisocial, borderline personality disorders)