PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: American Psychiatric Association, Psychopathology, Etiology

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Paul Wehr

Document Summary

Superstition: before schizophrenia was founded, people would have thought the following about schizophrenic behaviour. Analogy by which abnormal behaviour is treated as disease psychological disorders are treated the same as mental disease. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm) published by american. Helps to categorize all types of mental disorders. If diagnosis is in the dsm, then medical insurance covers cost of treatment. Dsm v (may 2013): about 400 disorders, but diagnostic criteria is lower. Not more conditions, but more people will qualify for diagnosing of existing conditions. 44% of adult population could be diagnosed with a disorder in their lifetime (prior to the lowering of criteria) Once receive the diagnosis, you consistently act with diagnosis and people treat you as if you still have the diagnosis. Adhd; mathematics disorder; removal of bereavement exclusion for depression. Discarded diagnoses: childhood masturbation disorder, homosexuality, & caffeine-induced sleep disorder. Most people diagnosed remain functional, and most recover.