PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Mental Disorder, Abnormal Psychology, Master Of Social Work
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Psya02 lecture 19 classification and diagnoses of mental disorders. People a(cid:396)e (cid:374)ot just (cid:862)s(cid:272)hizoph(cid:396)e(cid:374)i(cid:272)s(cid:863), (cid:862)alcoholics(cid:863), (cid:862)autisti(cid:272)s(cid:863), (cid:862)pho(cid:271)i(cid:272)s(cid:863) o(cid:396) (cid:862)(cid:271)ipola(cid:396)s(cid:863) Rather they are people with schizophrenia, alcoholism, autism, etc. The definition of abnormal used in dsm-iv-tr (diagnostic and statistical manual of mental. Disorders, 4th edition): (cid:862)abnormal describes behavioral, emotional, or cognitive dysfunctions that are unexpected in their cultural context and associated with personal distress or substantial impairment in functioning(cid:863) Primary guide psychologists and psychiatrists use to determine if an individual has a mental illness. The s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)tifi(cid:272) study of a(cid:271)(cid:374)or(cid:373)al (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour, (cid:449)ith the o(cid:271)je(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e to : describe, explain, predict, control. Movies illustrate individuals as clear cut (sharply defined) people who are (cid:862)crazy(cid:863) Describe them as the following: having two personalities, distinctive, associated with insane asylums. Movies are often characters of disorders not clear cut! Myths of abnormal behaviour: easily recognized as deviant, disorder due to inheritance. Incurable (cid:862)once someone is diagnosed with a disorder, it will stick with them forever(cid:863)
