PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, American Psychiatric Association, Major Depressive Disorder
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For recognition, and know how to treat, allows us to communicate to one another; causation (research). Cons: believing you have the disorder when you don"t have it, stigma. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dms-5) *: american psychiatric association. Nothing statistical about them; the number 5 has some of and a gaph scale, finally has reliability and validity; started in 1952 but followed the medical model; 3rd edition had the axis. A syndrome characterized by clinically significant disturbance in individual"s cognition, emotion regulation, or behaviour that reflects a dysfunction in the psychological, biological or developmental processes underlying mental functioning. Mental disorders are usually associate with significant distress or disability in social, occupational or other important activities *** Not accepting a single paradigm; we need to take caution. Neurodevelopmental disorders: autistic spectrum disorders, attention- deficit/ hyperactivity disorder, intellectual disability. We don"t talk about it (don"t need to know) need to be mindful of comorbidity (multiple symptoms)
