PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Bipolar I Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Bipolar Ii Disorder
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19 march 2018 / clinical psychology (part 1) Psychopathology considered to be the result of god"s wrath, facial features, demons, etc. Lightner witmer opened first psychology clinic to treat dyslexia and learning disabilities at uni of pennsylvania. American psychological association established licensure for clinical psychologists. End of ww2, many soldiers return home with ptsd (shell-shock) Dsm-i is published in u. s and icd starts including mental disorders as a section. Persistent disturbance/dysfunction in behaviour, thoughts, or emotions that causes significant distress or impairment. Abnormal psychological experiences are classified as illnesses that have biological causes. Abnormal psychological experiences classified as illnesses with biological, psychological, and social causes. 2) diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm-5) 22 dsm categories spanning different types of mental illness. Diagnostic criteria: characteristic necessary to make a diagnosis, when characteristics not present, diagnosis cannot be made. 2) cannot be attributed to substance use or other medical condition. 3) cannot be better described by another dsm diagnosis.
