PSYC 1200 Lecture Notes - Agoraphobia, Panic Disorder, Magical Creatures In Harry Potter

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1200
• Professor: Debra Lall

Document Summary

Classification/diagnostic system provides: common shorthand language understanding of causality treatment plan. Dsm main tool for diagnosing list of symptoms of disorder. 1: age of onset, predisposing factors, how disorder progress over time, how common the disorder is, gender difference in disorder. 467 on textbook: clinical diagnosis corresponding to syndrome, personality disorders, general medical conditions, presence of psychosocial stressors, global assessment functioning. Evolution of diagnostic categories: neurotic disorders, psychotic disorders, homosexuality, culture-bound syndrome. Prevalence substance use disorder anxiety use disorder: mood use disorder, schizophrenia & other psychotic disorder antisocial personality men dominated more women reports. 00. 7% factors that cause/contribute to development of psychological & medical problems. Etiology of psychopathology: biological approaches- genetic, brain, psychological approaches. Medical model: caused by specific abnormalities of the brain & ns & should be approached like a physical illness is approached. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd: obsessions - recurrent thought, images or impulses, compulsions - repetitive, purposeful acts performed according to certain rules or ritual.