PSY 1102 Lecture : Lecture notes for psychological disorders Lectures from Klempan's course from Winter 2010. Comments not part of class notes (extra information said in class) are in italics.

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Rosalinde Klempan

Document Summary

Insanity specific type of professional uses this word (legal term, exclusively a legal term) They are not able to appreciate the reality of what they are doing. Mental discord as described by the client. Behaviour fits a specific criteria, it is abnormal or it has changed. When it causes problems for other people. They do not feel well in and out of themselves. A harmful dysfunction that shows one or more of 4 criterion. Ex: everyone has certain amount of negative emotions, but if you"re soo afraid that you can"t get to work or take the bus, this will interfere with your life. Personal distress may be the only sign/symptom of abnormality. Normality and abnormality is based on a continuum. Normal people may have the same trait but not to the same degree. Tries to introduce complexity as opposed to medical model. Sees psych. disorders as similar to psychical ones. Combining factors interact to produce psych. disorders.