PSY290H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Tardive Dyskinesia, Major Depressive Disorder, Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder
Document Summary
Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm) Known as the dsm : the dms is a diagnostic manual to help psychologist make a classification, there is no definitive way for us to be able to say there is a particular. Gold standard for defining: debate in the literature about the diagnostic manual. The dsm definition does not specifically refer to the causes of mental disorders: the dsm is not so much explaining the cause, it just defines whether you have a disorder or not. Also rules out behaviours that are culturally sanctioned: culturally sanctioned such as going into depression after a death in the family. Covers all mental health disorders for both children and adults: once upon a time, it was thought that children don"t have mental health issues. Statistics in terms of: gender, age at onset, prognosis, some research concerning the optimal treatment approaches.
