PSY 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: American Psychiatric Association, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Gary Capstick

Document Summary

Personally distressful cause emotional pain or suffering for the individual, but not all psychological disorders cause distress i. e anti-social personality disorder, mania (super happy) Understanding psychological disorders: medical model apply same approach to psychological disorders as with physical illnesses/diseases. Sociology cultural norms and expectations i. e bulimia and anorexia in western culture; taiin-kyofusho social anxiety and fear of eye contact in japan. Classifying psychological disorders diagnostic statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm-5); american psychiatric association (apa: organized into patterns of symptoms - physical, behavioral, or mental features. Some symptoms often occur together; grouped as defining features of a disorder: although not everyone has the exact same pattern of symptoms. Issues related to classifying psychological disorders: diagnostic reliability consistency of clinician agreement, guiding treatment vs. stigmatizing description is useful for treatment and communication, but labels. Pathologizing (medicalization) the extreme end of the normal curve can lead to prejudice and self-fulfilling prophecies.