PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Orgasm, Paraphilia, Cognitive Disorder
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Classification and diagnosis: diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. (dsm-iv-tr, necessary in order to prescribe the right treatment, allows us to communicate efficiently, must be interrater reliability. When two people look at something, they should be able to come up with the same diagnosis: ability to differentiate between disorders. Allows to be more certain in diagnoses: having a book like this allows for research and to expand on past research, a clinically significant behavioral or psychological syndrome or pattern that occurs in an individual. A syndrome is a constellation of symptoms that usually occur together. A significantly increased risk of suffering death, pain, disability, or an important. Includes present distress or disability, or loss of freedom. Feeling anxious vs visibly seeing someone running around being hyperactive and shit. An expectable and culturally sanctioned response to a particular event. Conflicts that are primarily between the individual and society: five dimensions of classification (back inside cover of your textbook)
